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Lot# 3403 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 3403 Great Britain

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    Prepaid Private Letter Sheets 1840: "PRE PAID" with scroll for insertion of the date, first type lettersheet in blue produced by J.W.Buchanan of Nuneaton with ms.date "19.2.40" and ms. "Pd. 1" in red ink, used from Coventry to London with "PAID 20 FE 1840" tombstone arrival datestamp, the address panel is written in J.W.Buchanan's hand with inside docketing "Mr. Buchanan 19th. Febr. 40 / Re. Hemming". Minor filing crease toward base practically invisible from front and not affecting the appearance, otherwise very fresh and fine, very rare. The Karl Louis Card Index has just nine first type Buchanan lettersheets recorded, two of which are unavailable for private collectors, one in the Phillips collection, National Postal Museum, London and one is housed in the Collection of His Majesty King Charles III Gi = £ 15'000.rnProvenance: Collection 'Maximus' (Ronald A.G.Lee), Stanley Gibbons, 13-15 May 1970, lot 335; Collection 'Daisy', Christies, London, 8 Oct. 1996, lot 8.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,400 CHF