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Auction: 11018 - Spring Collector's Series
Lot: 1060

† Great Britain Postal History Newspapers The Times, May 13, 1839, including a short notice on page 4, "Mr. Rowland Hill´s plan of a penny postage has been partly tried as an experiment in Gloucestershire. The postage from Stroud to Nailsworth, which was formerly 4d., has been reduced to 1d., and the consequence is, that on an average there are 40 letters between these places where there was only one or two at the higher rate..." Estimate £ 100-120 Ω PLEASE NOTE THAT VAT AT 20.0% IS APPLICABLE ON THE HAMMER PRICE.

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