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Auction: 12015 - The Chartwell Collection - GB Line Engra
Lot: 6

Postal HistoryParliamentary EnvelopesHouse of Lords1d. dull vermilion with "(Temporary.)" at top, 130x89mm: 1840 (20 Feb.) addressed to Dublin bearing a good strike of crowned "paid" c.d.s. in red with the arrival datestamp (21.2) on reverse; horizontal fold at foot, otherwise fine. Written in the hand of the Duke of Wellington, the reverse with a superb wax seal with "honi soit qui mal y pense. S.G. Spec. PE5, £25,000

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