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Auction: 25029 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 2301

Great Britain
1841-53 One Penny Red-Brown
Unplated
RA, close to large margins all round, just shaving the frame line at the upper left, tied by superb Wotton-Under-Edge distinctive Maltese Cross in black to 1842 (28 June) entire letter to Threadneedle Street, London, the reverse with clear "wotton-under-edge" d.s. and London arrival. Lettersheet refolded, displaying well and a superlative example of this difficult cross, notable for being the latest example recorded by Rockoff and Jackson. Spec. B1tal, £15,000

provenance:
Stillwell
Stanley Gibbons, October 1992

literature:
Recorded and illustrated in Rockoff and Jackson "The Encyclopaedia of the Maltese Cross, Vol. 2, Pages 301-305

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Estimate
£2,000 to £2,500

Starting price
£1500