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Auction: 8009 - Great Britain Stamps & Postal History
Lot: 1081

Great Britain Illustrated and Printed Envelopes 1877 (3 July) envelope with amusing printed silhouette Ballet dancer on the address panel, used from Perth to Farborough bearing 1864-79 1d. plate 179 tied by neat duplex cancellation, the original letter enclosure with most unusual content, including "had a companion in my cabin, a man who was always dreaming that there were rats crawling up his leg", and "They do not play cricket in America but a game called ´Base Ball´, which is very much like what we call rounders". Fine, clean and most appealing. Photo Estimate £ 200-250

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