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Auction: 26017 - The Klempka Family Collection of Great Britain - Part Three
Lot: 2214

Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Ranges
A group of redirected covers with 1841 (31 Jan.) wrapper from Killeshandra to London and redirected to Hastings, manuscript "2" for the original postage, Penny Blacks plate 2, GD (mixed margins) and plate 7, FA (good margins) tied by smudged red Maltese Cross, Dublin and London Paid tombstones and double-circle "more/to/pay" in red. 1841 (22 May) entire bearing 1d, plate 10, BF (good margins, defects) from Eton College to Inverary, redirected to Uxbridge and again to Slough, with handstruck "1" for redirection and manuscript "2" for postage due, a fine array of backstamps on the flap which opens for display. 1841 (26 Aug.) part wrapper to Easingwold and redirected to York bearing 1d. red partly covered by Penny Black plate 5, IF (small to large margins) tied by black Maltese Cross. (3 covers)

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Estimate
£250 to £350

Starting price
£130