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Lot# 3426 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 3426 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 2, lettered OK, a used example, ample to large margins all round, used on local 1840 Edinburgh entire, cancelled by neat Maltese Cross in red, superbly docketed in manuscript on obverse with "9 May 1840" and, displaying well on reverse, Edinburgh "MAY 9 -1840" cds in red. A superb and rare early usage Gi AS14td = £ 4'800.rnProvenance:rnCavendish 1. Jun. 1996, lot 446. 
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF