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Auction: 18009 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series
Lot: 1952

Great Britain
Postal History
1585 (9 December), entire letter from Tilbury to London, ex the Corsini correspondence, endorsed "Pay the bringer - iid."; fine. A major postal history rarity. Photo

note:
This is the only recorded letter with a postal rate from Tilbury, which is only 18 miles from Gratious Street, hence the 2d. rate instead of the normal 4d.

provenance:
Christies Robson Lowe, October 1988

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Sold for
£2,500