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Auction: 21040 - Stamps and Postal History of Great Britain
Lot: 1589

Great Britain
King George V Issues
1918-19 Bradbury, Wilkinson
5/- rose red vertical pair both cancelled by the boxed 'gough island' Shackleton-Rowett Expedition cachet together with a single strike of the 's-r. atlantic/ expedition' c.d.s.; very fine. Photo

Note: Stamps bearing these cancellations were distributed as souvenirs to the crew of the expedition ship 'Quest'. Only forty examples of the 5/- value were supplied to the expedition and only half were to receive both handstamps.

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