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Auction: 22018 - The Klempka Family Collection of Great Britain - Part One
Lot: 45

Great Britain
1840 Mulready
May Dates
2nd May; 1d. envelope, A144, addressed to Moreton-in-Marsh pre-paid in cash and marked "1", cancelled by red tombstone c.d.s. for 1840 (2 May), the reverse with "T.P./Red Lion St" straight-line postmark; soiled. A rare early usage, B.P.A. Certificate (1998). S.G. ME2b, £25,000. Photo

provenance:
E.E. Yates, February 1949

Basil Stranack, March 1955

Louis Grunin, April 1998

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Sold for
£3,500

Starting price
£2500