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Auction: 3032 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 181

1891 (24 Jan.) envelope to Somerset bearing 1891 1d. red-brown (3, one bisected diagonally and one with straight-edge at foot), clearly tied by "cork" obliterators and showing "falkland island's" double-ring d.s. alongside and part arrival d.s. on reverse; the envelope roughly opened at top and with some minor age stains. Rare. Sc. 7b; S.G. 11a, £2250. (WF). Photo Estimate £ 600-800 Note: This cover is item A1 in Malcolm Barton's book, "The 1891 Provisionals" provenance: M.D. Mayall, 1964

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