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Lot# 10206 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 10206 Great Britain

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    2d. blue, plate 1, block of five, lettered RJ-RL, SK-SL, chiefly good to large margins, just touching at lower left of SK, tied to folded entire by red Maltese Crosses, paying the 10d for up to 5 ounce rate, from  London, to Edinburgh, reverse with London despatch c.d.s. (16 June, 1840), with Edinburgh receiver (18 June), contents discussing legislation before Parliament, pressed crease through RJ-RL, cover with internal repair, exceptionally rare, believed to be the earliest recorded block of the 2d used on cover. Cert. BPA (2010). (Gi. DS5ua).rnProvenance: H.R. Harmers, London, 6-8 July 1959, lot 282; Collection Dr. Pichai Buranasombati, Shreves Philatelic Galleries, 15 March, 2001, lot 224; Collection "Mayflower" Grand Prix Exhibit (Alan Holyoake, 2015); Collection Forrester.
    Starting bid : 10,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 12,500 CHF