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Auction: 11027 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Line-Engraved Essays, Proofs, Stamps & Covers Part 1
Lot: 1118

1840 One Penny Black Plate V Used NF in a light shade, good to very large margins and well tied to large piece by a superb strike of the Wotton-Under-Edge Maltese Cross in black and showing the corresponding1841 (30 Mar.) despatch datestamp. A delightful example of this rare and popular postmark. S.G. Spec. A2ue, £5500+ Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 provenance: J.B. Seymour, April 1951

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