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Auction: 22013 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 1006

Great Britain
Postal History
1744 (21 Jan.) entire letter from France to Dublin, rated "2" in error, deleted and re-rated, showing very fine strikes of the horseshoe "counterfeit/2" and "recharged" alongside, the former extremely rare, the latter unrecorded in this format; slightly rubbed horizontal filing fold and small corner fault clear of the handstamps. An extraordinarily rare and important item. Photo

provenance:
Spink sale, June 2001

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Sold for
£650

Starting price
£350