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Auction: 24029 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 5171

Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Plate 2
BL, clear margins all round, a little close at top left, tied by lovely ruby Maltese Cross in lighter shade to 1840 (13 Sept.) entire to Glasgow, the reverse with boxed d.s. of Aberdeen and Glasgow as well as circular transit d.s., all in black; entire with small closed tear and some paper added to reverse flap, otherwise very fine and rare. Specialised AS46ve, £2,500

provenance:
Christies Robson Lowe, 19 September, 1989, Lot 207

literature:
Recorded by Rockoff and Jackson, Vol. 3, Page 406

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Sold for
£700

Starting price
£600