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Auction: 24123 - British and World Coins and Medals featuring the Pritchard Collection of 18th Century Provincial Tokens and Commemorative Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 1025

50th Anniversary of the Penny Postage System, AE Medal, 1890, by L. C. Lauer for Spink and Son, JUBILEE 2ND JULY, stamped envelope, dividing crowned V-R, crowned and veiled bust of Victoria facing left above, with floral garland either side, 1890 and Royal Arms below, all within floral border, rev. ORIGINATOR OF THE PENNY POSTAGE SYSTEM, Mulready cover, dividing crowned V-R, portrait of Rowland Hill almost facing above, with floral garland either side, 1840 below, all within border of VR cypher and crown, 65mm, 104.39g (Eimer 1756; BHM 3407), some most minor of contact marks to otherwise handsomely chocolate-red surfaces and a glossy-brilliance to the fields, most charming and of the highest intricacy, about as struck

The Pritchard Collection of 18th Century Provincial Tokens and Commemorative Medals


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