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Auction: 5023 - Important Great Britain, British Post Offices Abroad, Crowned Circles & B.E.
Lot: 35

xGREAT BRITAIN 1840 Two Pence Blue Plate 1 GF, small to good margins (just touched at upper left), neatly tied by red Maltese Cross on 1840 (10 May) entire from Dunfries to Edinburgh and showing, on reverse, clear despatch and arrival datestamps. A fine and extremely rare usage on the first Sunday. B.P.A. Certificate (1984). Spec. D1td, unpriced Estimate £ 20,000-25,000 Note: This is the only known Two Pence blue cover recorded for May 10, see Jackson page 137

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