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Auction: 3028 - The "Grant" Collection of Stamps & Postal History of Great Britain
Lot: 2104

1841 1d. Unplated, Examples on three separate entires, the first, margins all round tied by very fine black Maltese Cross, the second and third with just clipped to large margins, tied by black numeral cancellations, all to the same addressee near Preston, the address panels showing very fine to superb strikes of the Clitheroe double-arc datestamp in blue, red and green respectively (the strike in red also tying the adhesive); a fine and visually stunning 'matched' trio which would make a beautiful exhibition page. S.G. catalogue price for a complete town cancellation tying a stamp to a piece is £3000, no price is quoted for an example on a complete entire. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200

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£1,600