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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1128

Great Britain
Postal History
1797 (18 March) entire letter to Cumberland with a good strike of the very rare horseshoe type "workington/ship/lre" on the front; vertical filing fold clear of the marking and a trifle soiled; an important new discovery and a great Maritime rarity, of which it is believed only one other example is recorded. Not listed by Robertson. Photo.

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Sold for
£1,700

Starting price
£700