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Lot# 10057 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 10057 Great Britain

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    1d. black, plate 1b, lettered CE, margins large at top and bottom, clear to into at sides, and 1d red, plate 11, lettered LL, tied to mourning cover to Lansdowne by two Maltese Cross strikes in black, red London Inland Office morning duty despatch on reverse (26 Mar), cover with tear at left, and uncommon rate for such a small envelope, paying for a weight greater than 1/2oz, scarce as such, with Simpson and Louis listing only ten such usages, this example being unrecorded. Cert. Mike Jackson (2022). Gi. AS5 / AS74. rnrnrn 
    Starting bid : 450 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,800 CHF