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Lot# 7640 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 7640 Great Britain

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    1847/48: Embossed, 10 d. brown, vertical pair with 1 s. green, two vertical pairs (one stamp is half), used on cover, from LONDON to CADIZ (Spain), cut into, tied by a London oval '12', manuscript 'via South-n' indicating carried from Southampton by sea, with '56 R' in red Spanish charge mark, sent 4 Nov. 1852, with London transit in red on the reverse, also straight-line 'FENCHURCH.ST' in blue, horizontal filing crease not affecting stamps, an extremely high franking cover, with four 1 s. (an additional piece of the halved stamp may have been fixed to the cover at one time), a 5s 8d, exceptionally rare usage.
    Starting bid : 650 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF