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Auction: 1014 - Collector's Series - Stamps
Lot: 1118

Great Britain Postal History 1840 (9 May) stampless entire letter from John Reed, Stamp Office Newcastle, to Messrs. Thorp & Dickson Stamp Office Alnwick "Having received instructions from the Board to grant Stamp Licenses to all respectable applicants I will thank you to send me the names of the parties who have applied to you for such Licences together with your opinion of their respectability and circumstances"). Also a page from a ledger book dated July 14 1840 "Stock of Postage Stamps in the hands of Thorp & Dickson" giving details of Mulready 1d. and 2d. covers and envelopes as well as Penny and Twopenny labels; fine, rare and important. Photo Estimate £ 1,500-2,000

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