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Auction: 26019 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 1171

Great Britain
Mulready Caricatures and Illustrated Envelopes
Menzies Caricature, State Ib, addressed to Eton College and franked 1840 1d. Black, Plate 8, JK, margins all round and tied by a slightly smudged red Maltese Cross cancellation, Bicester c.d.s. of 3 Nov. 1840 on the reverse; part of the back flap missing and traces of staining; fine and an item of the highest philatelic magnitude. B.P.A. Certificate (1997)

provenance: Robson Lowe sale (17 Jan. 1990), Christies Robson Lowe (17 Jan.1992).
Literature: Recorded and Illustrated in "British Pictorial Envelopes" by Bodily, Jarvis and Hahn

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Estimate
£4,000 to £5,000

Starting price
£2800