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Lot# 10029 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 10029 Great Britain

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    May 10 (First Sunday Usage): 1d grey black, plate 1a, lettered NF, clear to good margins on three sides, somewhat roughly shaved at left, tied to folded cover to London by red Maltese Cross, postmarked on reverse with red "High Wycombe" despatch (May 10, 1840) and same-day London Chief Office circular morning duty date-stamp, an extremely rare usage, one of only thirteen of this date recorded by Jackson. Gi. AS2te = £35,000.rnrnProvenance:rnRobson Lowe, 19 March 1942, lot 71rnEx. "A Continental Philatelist" Collection, Stanley Gibbons, 16 November, 1972, lot 300rnPhillips, 25 November, 1982, lot 147rnCollection Nigel Howard, Christies Robson Lowe, 14 June, 1995, lot 704rnrnLiterature:rnIllustrated in "May Dates", by Michael Jackson, 1999.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,000 CHF