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Auction: 12015 - The Chartwell Collection - GB Line Engra
Lot: 14

Great BritainPre-Stamp Essays1839 Treasury Competition EssaysJames Chalmers: 1d. essay in black on wove paper with character watermark, bearing the legend"general post office/one penny", the centre with "Not ex. Half an oz./1d" and cancelled by a deep strike of straight-line "used"; cut to shape with small fragment missing at top. A rare and desirable example of one of these elusive essays

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£1,800