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Auction: 25027 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 2299

Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Plate 5
LH, good to large margins, just shaving the outer frameline at top, tied by red Maltese Cross in very striking shade to entire letter from Billericay to Kensington, the reverse with Billericay and London d.s. A scarce late usage of the red ink which was known in use at Billericay until Christmas of 1841.

Literature: Recorded in "Encyclopaedia of the Maltese Cross" Rockoff and Jackson, Vol. III, Pg. 394

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Estimate
£400 to £500

Starting price
£300