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Auction: 11027 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Line-Engraved Essays, Proofs, Stamps & Covers Part 1
Lot: 1179

1840 Two Pence Blue Plate 1 Covers 1840 (28 May) wrapper to Cheapside bearing DF (double F) in steel-blue, large to very large margins and well tied by orange-red Maltese Cross, the flap (which opens well for display) bears London code G c.d.s. and boxed "pd/8nt." datestamps. A superb and very desirable May date cover Estimate £ 2,000-3,000 provenance: W.H. Harrison-Cripps, October 1972 Wills, November 1989 literature: May Dates, Mike Jackson, 1999 (illustrated)

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