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Auction: 14035 - Postal History, Autographs and Historical Documents
Lot: 3064

Historical Documents
1850 (3 Aug.) Paper Tax Label in red and black, printed by the Congreve security printing and affixed to a large piece of soft blue paper (outer wrapping). From mill number "242" for twenty-two pounds of paper and signed by the inspecting officer. The label is tied by the crowned Paper Duty handstamp. Some creases and repaired split at left. These labels are quite scarce, especially on such a large fragment of the outer wrapping. Photo

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