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Auction: 19010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2465

Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Plate IV
EA margins all round, tied by a superb strike of the black Maltese Cross cancellation to entire letter dated 1 September 1840 (the second day of use of the experimental black Maltese Cross) to the Barbican, Tottenham Country sorting office datestamp on reverse; the adhesive affected by filing fold, creased and fault at foot, nevertheless a rare cover

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Sold for
£240