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Auction: 25027 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 2333

Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Plate 8
FF, good margins all round, just shaving at lower left, tied by very clear double lined Stonehaven Maltese Cross to 1841 (14 Jan.) entire from Stonehaven to Edinburgh, the reverse with boxed Stonehaven and Edinburgh d.s. Some light overall foxing, nevertheless a good example of this difficult cross. R.P.S. Certificate (1978). Spec. AS49uj, £18,000

provenance:
Robson Lowe, April 1978
Philips, April 1988

literature:
Noted in "The Encyclopaedia of The Maltese Cross", Vol. II, Pg. 259, illustrated on Pg. 261

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,500

Starting price
£800