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Lot# 4005 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 4005 Great Britain

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    1840: Mulready 1 d. black letter-sheet, stereo obscured by broken seal, a used example from Falmouth to St. Columb, Cornwall up-rated with 1841 1 d. red-brown, lettered RK, with ample to large margins all round, cancelled on Britannia and further strike tying the adhesive by '290' numeral obliterator in black. Double arc 'Falmouth' cds in red below (Oct 19, 1844). Just 9 Mulready 1 d. late usages with May 1844 type cancellation and up-rated by 1 d. reds are recorded in the Karl Louis Card Index. Vertical crease and a few edge imperfections but an exceedingly scarce and very attractive usage Gi = £ 14'500.rnProvenance: Collection Major-General Sir Leonard Atkinson, Robson Lowe, 6 Nov 1990, lot 2.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 10,500 CHF