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Auction: 18043 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1598

Great Britain
Postal History
1862 (10 Feb.) pale blue envelope to London bearing 1d. Stars tied by a fine light strike of the "carrick on shannon" spoon (Irish type) cancellation, showing a superb impression of a very large handstruck "2" (presumably applied at Carrick on Shannon and apparently unrecorded) at left; visually striking and possibly unique. Photo

provenance:
Spink sale, June 2001

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Sold for
£380