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Auction: 24011 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain and the World
Lot: 2633

Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Plate 11
NF, good to huge margins all round, black number "2" in Maltese Cross cancellation; both the adhesive and the impression very fine. One of only two recorded examples of a number in Maltese Cross cancellation on a Plate 11 Penny Black, and the only recorded example of number "2". A major Line engraved rarity. B.P.A. Certificate (1967)

provenance: J.B. Seymour, Robson Lowe, Sale 1, April 1951

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Estimate
£6,000 to £7,000

Starting price
£4200