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Auction: 26019 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 1163

Great Britain
1840 Mulready
One Penny Envelopes
A153, dated 7 Oct. 1840, from Dublin to Birmingham, central red Maltese Cross cancellation and dated markings on the reverse, with an interesting endorsement on the interior "Papa desires me send these few stamps as he thinks thou must be run out"; two paper seals (one a pictogram "Y do (Yew Tree) not (Quill pen in hand)" (Why do you not write); a trifle soiled but an interesting and most unusual example of Philatelic Social History

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Estimate
£350 to £400

Starting price
£250