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Auction: 17021 - Great Britain with Post Offices in Central and South America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australasia - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 8

(x) Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
A complete reconstruction of two hundred and forty from a variety of plates and all cancelled with Maltese Cross in red, a good quantity with four margins and offering a range of attractive examples; mixed condition in places though a wonderful opportunity to acquire a complete "plate" of the first postage stamp. S.G. 1, £90,000. Photo

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Sold for
£15,000