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Lot# 5392 - Auction 257-264

  • Lot# : 5392 Great Britain

    1882: 2 1/2d. blue, plate 22, lettered FA, on beautiful advertising cover from Queenstown to Worcester Massachusetts, bearing Irish type 157 duplex canceller Queenstown, dated 5. April 1882. On the reverse there is a New York transit mark and a Worcester arrival dated 17. April. Envelope slightly trimmed at left, but still a very attractive cover.rnProvenance: Phillips Auction, 31 Oct. 1991
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF