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Auction: 22028 - The Klempka Family Collection of Great Britain - Part II
Lot: 274

Great Britain
Surface Printed Issues
1867-83 High Values
Watermark Maltese Cross
1874 (15 Aug.) large commercial solicitor's wrapper registered to New York "per Cunard Stmr." bearing 1865-67 4d. deep vermilion plate 13 (2), 1867-80 2/- blue, 1867-83 5/- rose (watermark Maltese Cross), plate 1 FE plus GD-GE pair with 1873-80 1/- green plate 9; each cancelled by a somewhat unclear strikes of the "466" obliterator; manuscript "Registered 15/8/74" in red ink with Registered Liverpool despatch c.d.s., the reverse with New York Registered c.d.s. (26.8) with three wax seals and the pink sealing ribbon still attached. There is a central vertical crease and some soiling on the reverse and the 2/- stamp with a small defect in the top corner. A remarkable and appealing franking. Photo

provenance:
Howard Fraser, November 2001

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Sold for
£1,800

Starting price
£500