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Auction: 25017 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 5287

Great Britain
1840 One Penny Black
Plate 8
MI (double M), large margins all round used in combination with 1841 1d. red-brown, Plate 12, LL (close to very large margins, both just tied by black Maltese Cross on 1841 (7 July) entire from Springfield to Cork, the reverse bearing Six Mile Bridge, Limerick and Cork (8.7) c.d.s. A fine and desirable cover, thought to be the only such combination used within Ireland. B.P.A. Certificate (1995). Photo

provenance:
Christie's Robson Lowe auction, September 1994
Spink auction, October 2006


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Estimate
£5,000 to £6,000