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Auction: 12021 - The Chartwell Collection - GB Line-Engraved Essays, Proofs, Stamps and Covers - Part IV
Lot: 127

1840 One Penny Black
Plate Ia
Covers
1840 (11 May) entire letter to Edinburgh bearing KE in a deep shade and showing some early signs of plate wear, very large margins all round and well tied by a dark red Maltese Cross; the flap with Lombard Street despatch Maltese Cross datestamp and Edinburgh arrival (13.5); two vertical folding creases. Good. Cat. £3500

Sold for
£800