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Auction: 25017 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 5181

Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Plate 2
CD, clear margins all round, tied by remarkably clear double lined Maltese Cross of Stonehaven in red to 1840 (Oct.) entire to Edinburgh, the reverse with Edinburgh 15.10 d.s.; adhesive crossed by vertical filing fold which has been well pressed, otherwise fine and a most striking example of this rare cross. B.P.A. Certificate (2012). Spec. A1uj, £18,000. Photo.

literature:
Recorded in "The Encyclopaedia of The Maltese Cross", Vol. 2, Pg. 259 and in Alcock and Holland "The Maltese Cross Cancellations of the United Kingdom", Pg. 80, Fig. 2703

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Estimate
£1,500 to £2,000