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Auction: 22028 - The Klempka Family Collection of Great Britain - Part II
Lot: 275

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 GE plus HD-HE pair with 1873-80 1/- green plate 9; each cancelled by 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, some wrinkling and some soiling on the reverse, one 5/- with a small patch of colour loss and a couple of light tone spots . A remarkable and appealing franking. Photo

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Sold for
£850

Starting price
£450