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Auction: 24015 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 1086

Great Britain
1840 Mulready
One Penny Letter Sheets
Stereo obscured, 1840 (3 June), autograph addressed to "Mr William Wordsworth", Black-gates, Leeds, cancelled by red Maltese Cross with adjacent light despatch Wetherby c.d.s. duplicated neatly on the reverse. Fine and most attractive. Photo
notes
Wordsworth, considered one of the father of the Romantic Age in English literature, was celebrated with a stamp issued in April 2020 by the Royal Mail.

provenance:
Bonhams, June 2009

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