Auction: 20032 - Great Britain Stamps and Postal History - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 621
Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Plate Ia
SF, good to large margins but just cut into at right, on 1840 (15 May) entire to Edinburgh, just tied by a light strike of pale carmine Maltese Cross, the reverse with a neat strike of Glasgow hexagonal datestamp and Edinburgh arrival (16.5); there is a vertical filing fold and one of the side flaps is missing. A good May date cover. Cat. £3,500. Photo
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Sold for
£160
Starting price
£90