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Auction: 22018 - The Klempka Family Collection of Great Britain - Part One
Lot: 22

Great Britain
Parliamentary Envelopes
House of Lords
1d. envelope printed in dull vermilion on greyish laid paper, watermarked Britannia, setting 2A, cancelled by crowned 1840 (24 Feb.) c.d.s., addressed to Launceston, Cornwall. Usual overall light soiling and small edge tears, otherwise very fine and rare. R.P.S. Certificate (2022). S.G. PE5, £12,000. Photo

provenance:
Phillips auction, November 1975
Spink auction, December 1997
'Severn', April 2010

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Sold for
£2,400

Starting price
£1500