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Auction: 9007 - Great Britain Stamps & Postal History
Lot: 155

Great Britain Line Engraved 1840 One Penny Black Plate Ia BA, intense shade and fine impression, large margins three sides, cut into at left, tied by a bright orange Maltese Cross cancellation on 1840 (8 May) entire from Leominster to Bewley; light filing folds clear of the adhesive, attractive and a rare early date. Cat. £8,000. Also Plate Ib with orange-red cancellation and margins all round. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 literature: "May Dates" by Mike Jackson

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