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Auction: 22023 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 81

Great Britain
Postal History
Manuscript Cancellations
British Offices

1840 (Nov.) wrapper to Haswell Lodge bearing 1d. black, Plate 5 with tight to very large margins (small nick at top right) tied by "houghton le spring / penny post" handstamp and pen and ink zig-zag in red, without Maltese Cross. A dramatic usage, believed to be a unique example. B.P.A. Certificate (2013). Spec. AS2yb, £17,000

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£800