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Auction: 15023 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 3765

(x) Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Plate 5
BJ, clear to large margins all round and showing a portion of the adjoining stamp at top, tied by unclear magenta Maltese Cross cancellation, on entire letter, dated 25 Jan. 1841, to Lancaster, Preston datestamp on reverse; two vertical filing folds well clear of the adhesive, fine. Specialised AS24vd, £15,000. Photo

literature:
Recorded in Rockoff and Jackson, page 446

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