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Auction: 24015 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 1135

Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Plate 1a
NE, with good margins all round, tied by red Maltese Cross cancellation to wrapper from Morpeth (?) to London showing on the reverse despatch 7 May 1840 d.s. and arrival London (9.5). The adhesive previously removed and affixed in a slightly different position, the wrapper with torn flap otherwise fine a scarce second day cancel cover. Illustrated in Mike Jackson 'May dates' book. Photo

provenance:
Nissen Stock, September 1978
Phillips, June 1993

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