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Auction: 24029 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 5122

Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Plate 1a
BK, good margins all round, tied by dull magenta Maltese Cross to 1840 (8 June) entire letter from Glasgow to Paisley with boxed Glasgow and Paisley d.s. and boxed "24" d.s. on reverse; adhesive lightly affected by filing fold otherwise very fine and a superb example of this rare cross. B.P.A. Certificate (1999). Specialised AS2vd, £8,500

provenance:
Gubbins, 16 December, 1998, Lot 131

literature:
Recorded by Rockoff and Jackson, Vol. 3, Page 426

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Sold for
£1,700

Starting price
£1500