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Auction: 18009 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series
Lot: 1995

Great Britain
Postal Stationery
1861 (16 Jan.) 1d. pink envelope, addressed to Algiers and uprated by 1855-57 5d. rose-carmine (perfs. trimmed at lower right), London Inland double "46" barred oval cancellations, a variety of transit and arrival markings; a little crumpled. An extremely rare destination. Photo

note:
Addressed to Richard Cobden M.P. (1804-65, Statesman and reformer, famous for the "Cobden Treaties" for free trade), in 1861 he toured the French possessions in North Africa to study the impact of his treaties on local commerce

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Sold for
£140