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Lot# 3515 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 3515 Great Britain

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    1840: 2 d. blue, plate 2, lettered DC, a used example with enormous even margins all round, in combination with 1841 1 d. red-brown on blued, plate 30, lettered MA-MB, horizontal pair, just shaved to fine, on 1843 cover from Hitchin to London all tied lightly by Maltese Crosses in black. A superb and most attractive cover. Certificate RSPL(1976).rnReference: Listed in Simpson Louis, GB Victoria mixed franking (2020) page 54.rnProvenance: Stanley Gibbons, 8/9 Nov. 1973, lot 236.rnHarmer, 21. Nov. 1984, lot 1158.rnSotheby's, 14. Jun. 1990, lot 344.rnCollection Vestey, Spink, 9. Sept. 2010, lot 195.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold