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Auction: 1014 - Collector's Series - Stamps
Lot: 1159

Great Britain 1840 Mulready One Penny Envelope A136, 1840 (6 May) used from Bristol to Minehead, neatly cancelled by a fine strike of the Maltese Cross in a deep red shade and endorsed in manuscript at lower left "May 5. 1840", the reverse showing clear strike of the "bristol/my 6/1840" "A" code double-ring date stamp struck slightly across the flap; a couple of light filing creases and minor soiling in places though in no way detracting from the fine appearance of this rare first day usage. Photo Estimate £ 5,000-6,000 Literature: "May Dates" By Mike Jackson provenance: Shaida II, 1993 "Hadley", 1995 William H. Gross, 2007

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