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Lot 80040 – Iconic Penny Black Cover to a Foreign Destination – 1840 Cover from Ireland to HAMBURG with two 1840 1d black blocks of four

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Lot 80040 – Iconic Penny Black Cover to a Foreign Destination – 1840 Cover from Ireland to HAMBURG with two 1840 1d black blocks of four
Lot 80040 – Iconic Penny Black Cover to a Foreign Destination – 1840 Cover from Ireland to HAMBURG with two 1840 1d black blocks of four
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
Prix réalisé
Invendu
Estimation
100’000 – 120’000 GBP
Date de vente
ven. 4 déc. 2020 at 10:00 (Europe/Zurich)

Iconic Penny Black Cover to a Foreign Destination

1840 (Aug 27) Wrapper from Limerick, Ireland, to HAMBURG with two 1840 1d black blocks of four paying the 8d rate, tied by red MCs, endorsed « Per Packet from Hull », reverse with Limerick and Dublin ds, red « Hull Ship Letter » and « Schiffsbrief-Post / Hamburg » arrival cds, a stunning exhibition item, the only known such franking with two blocks of four Penny Blacks, one of the most famous and iconic covers of GB

Provenance: Ex Atkinson, Craveri, Shaida & Gross

Expertise: Cert. BPA (1990)

Vente aux enchères
2020 December Auction Series
Catalogue
British Empire – December 4th, 2020

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