Lot 60077 – ONE PENNY BLACK USED ON MAY THE 6TH, 1840
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Lot 60077 – ONE PENNY BLACK USED ON MAY THE 6TH, 1840 FIRST
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
Price realised
32’000 EUR
Estimate
20’000 – 30’000 EUR
Auction date
Thu 4 Dec 2014 at 19:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
ONE PENNY BLACK USED ON MAY THE 6TH, 1840
FIRST DAY USAGE
1840 Folded entire from London to Thornbury, franked 1d black, plate 1a, lettered RL, good to large margins tied by a faint bur clear strike of an orange-red Maltese cross, showing on flap a faint but legible strike of MY 6 1840 despatch cds which opens well to display; not trusting the glue, the stamp has been additionally fixed with a piece of sealing wax, two filing folds, one through adhesive, barely detract (SG £160’000)
An important showpiece
Expertise: Signed Raybaudi & Holcombe, cert. BPA (1995)
Estimate: € 20’000 – € 30’000 Auction
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