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Auction: 22018 - The Klempka Family Collection of Great Britain - Part One
Lot: 21

Great Britain
Parliamentary Envelopes
Houses of Parliament
2d. black without line under inscription on laid paper watermarked Britannia in crowned circle, setting 2B, addressed to Hitchin, red crowned Paid datestamp of 1840 (30 Mar.), red wax seal on reverse; the envelope has been cleaned, nevertheless fine and extremely rare. S.G. PE3b, £25,000. Photo

provenance: "Severn", Feldman April 2010


literature:
The 1840 prepaid Parliamentary Envelopes, Huggins and Klempka. (illustrated on page 22)

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Estimate
£8,000 to £10,000

Starting price
£4000