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Auction: 25017 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 5107

Great Britain
1840 Mulready
One Penny Lettersheets
A22: 1841 (19 Feb.) "Edinburgh Envelope Advertiser" lettersheet from Stonehaven to London, cancelled by superb double lined Stonehaven Maltese Cross in red, the reverse with boxed Stonehaven 19.02 d.s. in black, Edinburgh 19.02 and London 21.02 d.s. in red; lettersheet with some overall foxing and original horizontal fold at top. Karl Louis Certificate (2008). An extremely rare Mulready. Spec. ME1ur, £25,000. Photo.

literature:
Recorded in "Encyclopaedia of The Maltese Cross", Vol. 2, Pg. 259 and illustrated on page 261. The listing states this to be one of two known examples on Mulready, this being the latest.

provenance:
Ray McQuade, Spink, Dec. 2007, Lot 1055

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Estimate
£4,000 to £6,000