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Lot# 10099 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 10099 Great Britain

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    1d. black, plate 4, lettered CC, margins fair to large, tied to folded cover to Cheltenham, cancelled with red Maltese Cross, ideal Bromyard double-arc despatch c.d.s. on front (30 May, 1840), equally-clear next-day Bromyard receiver further tying adhesive, light filing folds of no importance, a lovely and very early use of this plate, the first example recorded being a week prior to this cover, and a rare Sunday cancellation. Gi. AS23 = £850+rnrnProvenance:rnStanley Gibbons, 8-9 November, 1973, lot 319rnCollection Chartwell, Spink London, 29 June 2011, lot 1112.
    Starting bid : 700 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF