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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 837

x Spooner Envelope No. 4, addressed to an officer on board H.M.S. ´Magicienne´ at ´Malta or elsewhere – via Falmouth´, red Maltese Cross and London Paid ´tombstone´ datestamp of 13 February 1841, ink manuscript ´P 1/-´ adjacent, the reverse with black double-arc datestamp dated 12 February (office name unclear); pressed creasing and right flap missing though still most attractive and an extremely rare overseas usage. Photo Estimate £ 1,800-2,000provenance: Yates, 1949 Meroni, 1952

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