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Lot# 10028 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 10028 Great Britain

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    May 7 (Second Official Day of Use): 1d grey-black, plate 1a, lettered NB-NC, good to large margins on three sides, shaved at top, tied to folded cover to Carlisle by red-brown Maltese Cross, unusually made from a portion of a map of Fleetwood on Wyre, reverse with London Chief Office evening duty date-stamp (7 May), slight staining to upper right of NC, a rare double-rate usage, one of only three recorded on this early May date. Gi. AS2tb.rnrnProvenance:rnrnChristies Robson Lowe, 13 March, 1990, lot 1130rnChristies Robson Lowe, 5 June, 1992, lot 3846rnrnLiterature:rnIllustrated in "May Dates", by Michael Jackson, 1999.rn 
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,500 CHF