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Auction: 6021 - Great Britain Stamps & Covers
Lot: 163

x Great Britain Postal History Ireland 1840 (15 May) envelope from Dublin to Croydon, bearing 1840 1d. plate II, CH, margins all round (ragged at foot, just clear or touching the design at one place), tied by two very fine strikes of the red Maltese Cross in differing shades (one applied in Dublin, the other upon receipt in London), very fine red London Paid ´tombstone´ d.s. of 17 May 1840 adjacent. Fine, attractive and most unusual. Exhibition quality. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200

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