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Lot# 3406 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 3406 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 2, lettered TJ, a used example, three clear to large margins and shaved on lower right, used on 1841 Spooner Comic envelope No.1 to Wroughton, Elcomb, Wiltshire tied by Maltese Cross in red. Swindon despastch cds oin reverse (Jan 10). An exceptional and rare usage. Certificate RPSL (1998).rnrnReference: listed in Bodily, Jaris and Hahn, British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th century page 50.   rnProvenence: Collection Wallace Knox, Robson Lowe 15. May 1979, lot 63.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold