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Auction: 15023 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 3652

Great Britain
Postal History
1840 (14 April), "The Times" newspaper, with a lengthy article entitled "prepayment of postage" giving a splendid background history and analysis of the production of the Penny Black and Mulready (which the editor sees fit to ridicule). There is criticism of the choice of Treasury competition winners, suggesting partiality was involved; fine and a most important record of the introduction of postage stamps, just over two weeks prior to their issue on 1 May 1840

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£220