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Auction: 8038 - Great Britain Stamps & Postal History
Lot: 1630

Great Britain Line Engraved 1841 Two Pence Plate 3 NI, QE, NG, EE, CH and QB, all touched or cut-into at places, tied by London District "8" cancellations on 1849 (6 Aug.) entire letter to Salem Massachusetts and sent stampless to London from Penang, a variety of transit and arrival markings including, on the reverse, a barely legible "PENANG/Post Paid"; some faults but a remarkable franking and very rare. Photo Estimate £ 400-500 provenance: Dr. Chua Eu Tiong, 2005

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