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Auction: 24019 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 1246

(x) Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Plate 3
LL, good to very large margins all round, tied by the purple-brown Maltese Cross of Newtonstewart to entire letter to Edinburgh, dated 27 Oct. 1840; with matching boxed datestamp on the reverse, vertical filing fold and some manuscript notes on the front; fine and scarce. Photo.

literature: Recorded in Rockoff and Jackson

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Sold for
£800

Starting price
£550