Lot 30018 – GB Penny Black on cover from the USA
Lot 30018 – GB Penny Black on cover from the USA
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
Price realised
1’400 GBP
Estimate
1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Auction date
Tue 4 Dec 2018 at 11:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1840 (Jun 23) Entire from Baltimore, USA, to England, sent as a consignee’s letter and franked on arrival by a GB 1840 1d black pl.2 MD tied by red MC, with Manchester JY 17 1840 cds on reverse, a very unusual usage of the world’s first postage stamp on a letter from the USA Auction
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