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Auction: 24029 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 5073

Great Britain
1840 Mulready
One Penny Lettersheets
A27 with "Scottish Union Fire and Life Insurance Company" advertisement (S.G. MA143), dated 29 Dec. 1858 and addressed to Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire and cancelled by a fine strike of the Charles Rideout machine cancellation, No. 2; vertical crease at right and soiled. An extraordinary Mulready rarity. Believed to be the only example of this experimental cancellation on a Mulready in private hands

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Sold for
£520

Starting price
£420