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Lot# 1356 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 1356 Great Britain

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    1854, Embossed, 6 d. purple, and 1855, 2 d. blue, plate 4, lettered RG, perf. 14, used on a Registered cover, from London to Kendal, dated 28 May 1855, the 6 d. from the top corner of the sheet with good to huge margins and part of stamp below, 2 d. has one pulled perf., extremely fresh colour, tied by the London Inland "24", Kendal arrival to reverse dated 29 May 1855, a very fine uncreased cover with just a tiny slit top left which is not apparent, extremely rare large four margin example of the embossed 6 d. which normally comes close to cut into, nice combination franking, there being a small window of opprtunity for these two stamps to be combined together in this manner. Gi H3 & F2 = £2'275+ the stamps used on covers. rnrnRemark: This cover came from the "Bank of Westmorland Correspondence" an imporant and valuable find in the 1920s. rnProvenance: Robson Lowe, 19 February 1980, lot 124; Christies, 16 July 1991, lot 399.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF