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Auction: 4029 - Great Britain Stamps & Postal History
Lot: 597

1873 envelope addressed to Cheltenham, bearing 1864-79 1d. plate 142, NK, tied by two very fine/superb strikes of a previously unrecorded cloth-covered "788" numeral of Tewkesbury, address panel with superb Cheltenham c.d.s. of 21 December; insignificant cover faults though still very fine and attractive. Also an envelope to the same addressee, dated 1870, bearing 1864-79 1d. plate 124, tied by the normal "788" numeral. Most unusual. Photo for the first Estimate £ 600-700

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