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Auction: 25029 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 2236

Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Plate 11
SK, black shade, large margins all round, tied by black Maltese Cross to front addressed to Swansea with Scilly c.d.s. of 13 April 1841 alongside; the original entire was then "turned" and a Penny Black Plate 6: JE, grey-black shade (some faults) applied, cancelled by another black Cross and addressed to London; the front with filing folds but most remarkable use of the rarest Penny Black Plate from the Scilly Islands and then being "turned"

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Estimate
£2,500 to £3,000

Starting price
£1800