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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 743

Great Britain 1760-1850 (c.), a very attractively written-up collection of Kent Postal History, an excellent range of different offices with Ashford, Bromley, Canterbury, Chatham, Cranbrook, Dartford, Deal, Deptford, Dover, Erith, Faversham, Folkestone, Gravesend, Hythe, Lamberhurst, Maidstone, Margate, New Romney, Queenborough, Ramsgate, Rochester, Rolvenden, Sandwich, Sheerness, Sittingbourne, Tenterden, Tunbridge, including Provincial Name Stamps, Mileage Marks, Paid/Unpaid, Uniform Penny Post, Ship Letters, Forwarding Agents cachets, ephemera with a map of the county, a few engraved prints of town scenes, 1819 printed poster announcing a "£100 Reward" for the return of a suitcase containing a large quantity of banknotes, etc.; mostly very fine and fresh. A superb basis for continuation Estimate £ 2,500-3,000

Sold for
£1,800