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Auction: 6021 - Great Britain Stamps & Covers
Lot: 334

Great Britain 1840 Mulready One Penny Letter Sheets A27, addressed to St. Albans, cancelled by superb strike of the red Maltese Cross, the reverse with superb "bath/my 10/1840/b" double-arc despatch datestamp in black (the datestamp appears on the upper flap and opens out perfectly for display). A stunning exhibition showpiece and one of the finest known examples of this very rare first Sunday May 1840 usage. Note: unrecorded in "May Dates" by Mike Jackson. Photo Estimate £ 4,000-5,000

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