Losnr. 4444 - 274.-283. Auktion
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Losnr. : 4444 Grossbritannien
1727/1834 : Collection of ninety-three entires of early British postal history, beginning with a 17?7 condolence letter sent by "PENNY POST" with a fine triangular strike lettered P/TV from East Barnet to London. Further letters with "W/TH" and"K/FR" are also included. In all there are many letters documenting the early stages of the mail in London, with many "BISHOP MARKS", "FREE MARKS", including a "FREE" letter from 1795, with the original signature of Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, after whom even today a lot of horse races are named "DERBY". Also noteworthy is a 1780 letter to "MADEIRA".Ausruf : 350 CHFZuschlag : 360 CHF