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Auction: 12001 - Winter Collector's Series
Lot: 806

Great Britain 1856-58 One Penny Watermark Large Crown, Perforated 14, Die II Plate 27, FH, tied by late use of the distinctive Whitehaven Maltese Cross in Egremont on embossed Valentine envelope dated 20 Feb. 1862. Superb and spectacular. The finest example of this rare Maltese Cross on cover. A quite extraordinary rarity of Exhibition quality. Photo Estimate £ 3,500-4,000 literature: Illustrated on page 296 of "The Maltese Cross" by Rockoff and Jackson provenance: Robson Lowe auction, 27 Feb. 1979

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