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Auction: 14022 - Specialised Great Britain Stamps and Postal history
Lot: 7

Great Britain
Postal History
1787 (30 April) entire letter from Lurgan, carried privately to Dublin and put into the mails there, with a very fine strike of the extremely rare Dublin "Horseshoe" Dockwra type "penny post/12/paid" very slightly overstruck by a fine "d/1" and with "m 2 m" (March 2nd. Morning) alongside; light vertical filing fold and some minor perimeter faults. Fine and with interesting contents dealing with the improvement of lands and bog drainage to prepare for turf cutting. A very rare entire, only three examples of this Horseshoe marking known.Photo

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Estimate
£4,000 to £4,500