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Lot# 3498 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 3498 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 11, lettered OG, and 1 d. black, plate 4, lettered QJ, used examples each with good to large margins all round, on 1841 cover paying the double rate from Cambridge to York, cancelled by Maltese Crosses in black. Reverse witrh "Cambridge" despatch cds (March 25) in black. An exceptional cover with two plates on the same letter, according to the Karl Louis card index unique with with one being from Plate 11. A rarity Gi AS73 = £ 16'000+.rnProvenance: Collection Purnell, Robson Lowe, 17. Sept. 1952, lot 274. 
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,000 CHF