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Auction: 25027 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 2147

Great Britain
Postal History
Royalty
1872 (Feb.) mourning envelope with embossed "Osborne"on the flap, addressed to Miss Murray Macgregor (authoress and friend of Queen Victoria) in Edinburgh, franked 1d. Plate 127 tied by the tiny Por/SC Star of the Plymouth T.P.O., transit and arrival datestamps on reverse; Also 1875 (24 Dec.), envelope from Osborne House to London with superb intact black wax Privy Purse seal on reverse, signed Henry Ponsonby (Private secretary to Queen Victoria), franked 1d. Plate 148 with Portsmouth Sorting Carriage c.d.s. and with arrival of Dec. 25 on reverse. A fine duo

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Estimate
£250 to £300

Starting price
£200