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Auction: 22023 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 153

Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Plate 2
RI, close to good margins all round, unusually affixed to entire to Gloucester by green sealing wax and tied by a superb strike of the red Maltese Cross in a pink shade with matching Falmouth c.d.s. of 17 Nov. 1840 alongside, arrival c.d.s. on reverse; clean horizontal filing fold well clear of the adhesive and seal cut out from the reverse, fine. A rare and striking cover. Photo

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Sold for
£1,300

Starting price
£700