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Auction: 5034 - GB Stamps & Postal History featuring Collections of J Carruthers, O O Ffooks and others
Lot: 229

Great Britain Illustrated Envelopes Mulready Caricatures Comic envelope no. 6 ´Papal´, addressed to Chertsey, the address panel with fine light red London Paid ´tombstone´ transit d.s. of 4 October 1840 (Sunday) and red ink manuscript "1", the reverse with light strike of the black "Cromer/Penny Post" receiving house despatch h.s.; fine, clean and most attractive - probably the finest known example of this rare envelope. R.P.S. Certificate (2004). Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,300provenance: Grunin, 2004

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