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Auction: 9032 - Great Britain Stamps and Covers
Lot: 1019

Great Britain 1840 Mulready One Penny Envelopes A135, dated 26 Aug. 1840 and used from Waterford, Ireland to Lord Holland, Kensington House, London, red Maltese Cross cancellation, on reverse Waterford c.d.s., red Dublin and London datestamps; fine. Photo Estimate £ 5,000-6,000 Note: An extraordinary survival, this is the original envelope that was used to create the famous "Lord Holland" Mulready facsimile envelope, cited by Earée in "Album Weeds", Robson Lowe in the "Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage stamps" and others, it is offered with a variety of collatoral material including an example of the so called Holland Forgery

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