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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 256

(x) The Americas
United States of America
Mail from United Kingdom During the American Civil War
1863 (5 Feb.) neat envelope to Ohio bearing 1862-64 9d. bistre horizontal pair, LJ-LK tied by Bradford "107" duplex, marked "Registered 772" in magenta ink, "boston br pkt/paid" c.d.s. (28.2) and a fine strike of the large handstruck "24" in red over the adhesives, the reverse with Liverpool transit (6.2). A scarce franking on this especially attractive cover

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Sold for
£2,000

Starting price
£900