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Lot# 3526 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 3526 Great Britain

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    1841: 1 d. red-brown on blued, plate 31, lettered QH and RH, two used examples each with good margins all round, used on 1843 double rate local cover within Coventry neatly cancelled by COVENTRY distinctive Maltese Crosses in black. Fine and most attractive cover Gi 8tg = £ 2'200.rnRemark: According to Rockoff/Jackson and the Karl Louis card Index this is the only recorded double franking showing the Coventry special cross.rnReference: Rockoff/Jackson Encyclopedia of the Maltese Cross, vol. 1 page 84.rnProvenance: Collection Malcolm Roberts (2006). 
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF