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Auction: 24029 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 5381

Great Britain
1841-53 One Penny Red-Brown
"Black" Plates
Plate 8: GG, good to very large margins all round, tied by distinctive Kelso Maltese Cross with near solid centre in black to 1841 (9 Aug.) entire letter to Leith, the reverse with albino impression of boxed Kelso d.s. with circular transit and Leith receiving d.s.; filing folds well clear of the adhesive, fine and scarce.

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Estimate
£800 to £1,000

Starting price
£700

Sale 24029 Notices
This is the Type 1 Kelso cross as listed by Rockoff and Jackson in their Encyclopaedia.