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Auction: 26017 - The Klempka Family Collection of Great Britain - Part Three
Lot: 2277

Great Britain
1841-53 One Penny Red-Brown
Distinctive Maltese Cross
Kelso: 1842 (26 Oct.) entire to Edinburgh bearing plate 21, TC-TH strip of six, margins generally large to very large but cut close in a couple of places, neatly cancelled by the Kelso Maltese Cross, the flap with despatch and arrival datestamps; some light wrinkling which affects TD and one corner of the strip. A delightful cover. S.G. B1to, £3250++. Photo

literature:
Recorded and Illustrated in 'The Encyclopaedia of the Maltese Cross', Rockoff and Jackson, Vol. 1, Pg. 135-136. The only multiple on cover recorded by them.

provenance:
Robson Lowe, 11 Jan., 1961
Robson Lowe, 20 June, 1961

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,500

Starting price
£500