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Auction: 26017 - The Klempka Family Collection of Great Britain - Part Three
Lot: 2079

Great Britain
1840 Mulready
Coloured Crosses
One Penny Lettersheet: A16, 1840 (11 May) forme 2, to Manchester, cancelled by a light strike of Maltese Cross in magenta (dull shade) with open-circle Lancaster despatch c.d.s. in the same colour in lower corner; some light soiling. A good early May date cover. Brandon Cert. (2008). Photo

literature:
Recorded in Rockoff and Jackson, Encyclopaedia of the Maltese Cross, Vol. 3, pg. 433

Provenance:
Grunin, Spink April 2, 1998, lot 126

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Estimate
£800 to £1,200

Starting price
£400