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Auction: 18029 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1214

Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Plate VIII
OD good to huge margins all round, tied by black Maltese Cross cancellation to entire letter, endorsed O.H.M.S., dated 25 Feb. 1841, from Newport Isle of Wight to the Stamp Office Winchester, with interesting contents, including "I will thank you to send me 25 sheets of Postage Stamps at 1d."; very fine, rare and an outstanding item of postal history. Photo

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Sold for
£550