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Auction: 21012 - Stamps & Covers of Great Britain, including the Windsor Collection - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 2132

Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Plate Ib
OD, good margins on three sides, touching frameline at top, tied to entire letter by Maltese cross in magenta, an unusually clear strike of this very rare shade of cancellation associated with the Preston office at this time with only c. sixteen covers recorded, confirming Preston datestamp (21.12) datestamp on reverse. B.P.A. Certificate (1984). Specialised AS vd

provenance:
Recorded in Rockoff/Jackson, Vol. 2, Page 229

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