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Auction: 3012 - Great Britain Postal History & Stamps featuring the Motty Weinstein Collection
Lot: 58

POSTAL HISTORY England, Scotland and Wales 1841 privately carried entire signed "Melbourne" at the lower-left, the address panel inscribed "Private" and possibly addressed to the Foreign Secretary; traces of perimeter toning, otherwise fine. Second Viscount of Melbourne, Henry William Lamb, was Queen Victoria's Prime Minister, 1834 and 1835-41 (he was premier when Penny Postage was brought forward, proposing the second reading of the bill in the House of Lords). Pencil filing note on the address panel dating the entire to July 1841 Estimate £ 70-80

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