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Auction: 21013 - Important Stamps and Covers of the British Commonwealth - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 3058

Ceylon
1860 (28 Feb.) mourning envelope from Pusilawe to Glasgow, marked "via Marseilles", bearing 1857-59 white paper 1d. blue (touched at top and left) and 8d. brown (outer frame-line touched in two places), both clearly tied by light oval of bars, showing unframed "cr" (Caledonian Railway) in red and, on reverse, despatch with manuscript date inserted and arrival (27.3) datestamps; the envelope with flap missing and some peripheral faults. A rare franking. R.P.S. Certificate (2018). Photo

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