Losnr. 6613 - 309.-320. Auktion
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Losnr. : 6613 Grossbritannien
1854/1855, 2 d. blue, plate 4, lettered JG, perf 16, used on cover combined with 2 d. blue plate 4, lettered AG-BG, vertical pair, perf 14, from Dursley to Chester, dated 27 July 1855, tied by indistinct English numeral, arrival to reverse dated 28 July 1855, envelope is a linen-reinforced type which suggests there might have been coins enclosed accounting for the additinal weight, vertical filing crease running through lower part of AG, not really noticable, some soiling, a very rare mixed-franking cover used during the transitional period July/August 1855, of which there are curently only two recorded examples. Cert. BPA (2011).rnReference: "Mixed-franking Covers", by R.C. Simpson & K.A. Louis, MJ Publications, 2020, illustrated page 90 and recorded on page 102. Classified "Gold Standard". rnProvenance: Ex. Doron Azoure Collection (owner mark to reverse).Ausruf : 400 CHFZuschlag : 600 CHF