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Auction: 24019 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 1376

(x) Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Plate 8
MK, good to enormous margins all round showing a portion of the adjoining stamp at left, tied by brown Maltese Cross of Newcastle-Under-Lyme to 1841 (28 Jan.) entire letter written in Tunstall, addressed to Cheadle with "newcastle-under-lime" d.s. on reverse; the reverse flap cut through d.s. on opening otherwise fine and rare. Jackson records only two covers from Newcastle-Under-Lyme with similarly coloured crosses. Jackson Certificate (2017). Spec. A1vi, £9,500 Photo.

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Sold for
£2,300

Starting price
£1500