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Auction: 24011 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain and the World
Lot: 2566

Great Britain
1840 Mulready
One Penny Letter Sheets
A23, dated 9 Sept. 1840, addressed to Truro and additionally franked 1840 1d. Plate 2, FK, with good to large margins, red Maltese Cross cancellations in an orange shade and with matching "Kensington /Penny Post" and black Kingston datestamp on the reverse; the letter sheet a little crumpled (probably from an original enclosure) and some water staining affecting the address. A rare uprated Mulready with a distinctive shade of Maltese Cross

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