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Auction: 15023 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 3708

Great Britain
Mulready Caricatures and other Illustrated Envelopes
1842 (24 Feb.) printed "going going gone for one/penny" envelope, depicting a rider being thrown by his horse, franked 1841 "Black" Plate 5 1d. red-brown, CK, small to good margins all round and tied by a superb black Maltese Cross cancellation, addressed to Russell Square, London and with Horndean double ring d.s. on reverse; pressed horizontal filing fold at foot, well clear of the adhesive, otherwise very fine and most appealing. An exceptionally rare envelope especially bearing a "Black" Plate 1d. Photo

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Sold for
£1,800