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Auction: 26019 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 1421

Great Britain
1841-53 One Penny Red-Brown
Plate 33: CG, large to very large margins all round and showing traces of two adjoining stamps, tied by a fine strike of the Kinsale distinctive Maltese Cross cancellation to entire letter to Devenport, dated markings of Kinsale (9 Aug. 1843), Cork, Waterford and Devenport (12 Aug.) on the reverse. Interesting contents regarding the escalating tensions of the Tithe War era, just prior to the great famine in Ireland. A trifle soiled, fine and most unusual

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Estimate
£150 to £200

Starting price
£110