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Auction: 4003 - Stamps & Covers of the World featuring Italy and Italian States
Lot: 803

Great Britain Mulready 2d. letter sheet, a105, addressed to London and cancelled by very fine upright strike of the red Maltese Cross, the reverse with very fine strikes of red “birmingham/my 25/1840/g” double-arc datestamp and red London arrival c.d.s. of 26 May; minor imperfections in no way detracting from this rare and extremely attractive May date usage, unrecorded in Jackson´s “May Dates”. Photo Estimate £ 1,200-1,500

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