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Auction: 23015 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 91

Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Plate 2
MG, large to very large margins all round, tied to envelope endorsed Stamped, addressed to the Rev. Josiah Forshall at the British Museum in London, black Maltese Cross cancellation and with T.P/Stoke Newington alongside, London datestamp of 27 July 1842 on the reverse; fine. Photo

note: Josiah Forshall was an eminent Victorian Librarian who was appointed secretary to the British Museum in 1828

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