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Auction: 21022 - Great Britain Stamps and Postal History including the Beechwood Collection
Lot: 1207

Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Plate VII
Entire letter written by The Duke of Wellington
1840 (15 Oct.) entire letter written and signed by the Duke of Wellington when he was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and posted at Walmer, addressed to R.H. Jenkinson, Lieutenant-Governor of Dover Castle, and received at Dover the same day, bearing OG (faults) tied by red Maltese Cross, Dover and Walmer c.d.s.'s alongside; a very rare stamped letter written and signed by Wellington. Photo

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£950

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