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Auction: 16010 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1096

Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Plate Ib
OB burr rubs, "ne" of "one" joined, huge margins all round and showing portions of four adjoining stamps, crisp black Maltese Cross cancellation; there is a trace of manuscript on the reverse, mentioned for accuracy only. A phenomenal example, one of the largest single Penny Blacks in existance. Photo

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Sold for
£550