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Auction: 22023 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 82

Great Britain
Postal History
Manuscript Cancellations
British Offices
1840 (12 Nov.) entire letter from Huntspill to Baltonsborough fraudulently franked with 1d. black, Plate 2 cancelled by faded red Maltese Cross, crossed though with pen and ink, with "used before" alongside and with manuscript '2' added for postage due, with 'Cross' 12.11 d.s. and boxed 'No. 9'. A fine and rare postal fraud. B.P.A. Certificate (2022)

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