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Lot# 3407 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 3407 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 4, lettered MC, a used example, large margins on three sides and just shaved at base, affixed, but does not belong to 1840 A. Lesage & Co. illustrated Comic envelope No. 2 from Edinburgh to Dumfries (with the grisly hanging scene on reverse). Reverse with Edinburgh cds of despatch (June 18) in red and framed Dumfries arrival alongside in black. A rare and most attractive cover.rnProvenence: Collection E.E. Yates, Robson Lowe 9. Feb 1949, lot 316.rnRobson Lowe 12 Apr. 1961 lot 25.rnCollection Wallace Knox, Robson Lowe 15. May 1979, lot 76.rn 
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF