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Auction: 22018 - The Klempka Family Collection of Great Britain - Part One
Lot: 78

Great Britain
1840 Mulready
Mail to Overseas Destinations
Germany: 1840 (17 June) 1d. envelope, A162, from Edinburgh via Hamburg (22.6) to Oppeln (Silesia) (27.6) then redirected to Breslau (Prussia); variously rated in manuscript, the reverse showing neat "hull/ ship letter" two-line postmark in red. Some usual creasing and toning. A very rare usage as the Mulready were not intended to be used on foreign mail. B.P.A. Certificate (1998). Photo

provenance:
Louis Grunin, April 1998

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Sold for
£5,500

Starting price
£2000