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Auction: 12015 - The Chartwell Collection - GB Line Engra
Lot: 5

Postal HistoryParliamentary EnvelopesHouses of Parliament2d. black: 1840 (18 Jan.) on wove paper with watermark of "harris & Tremett", addressed to Leeds and with a fine strike of crowned "paid" c.d.s. in red and signed at foot "Edw Baines" (M.P. for Leeds) and addressed to his son, also Edward Baines (who also became the M.P. for Leeds); some minor peripheral soiling, a fresh and fine example of this rare envelope. S.G. Spec. PE3b, £45,000

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