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lot # 5086 - europe Great Britain

Tuesday Nov 29, 2022 09:00 Europe/Zurich

1840: 1 d. black, pl. 2, lettered PA, a used example with large even margins all round, tied to R.W. Hume's Comic Envelope No. 2 "Balloon Letters" (State 2) used to Perth, tied by orange-red Maltese Cross. Reverse with Leith cds in blue (May 28, 1840) and arrival cds of the same day in red. The envelope thinned below 'A' square at right and reinforced, unlisted in British Pictorial Envelopes. A truly remarkable and tremendously rare usage.rnProvenance: Collection Tito Giampocaro, Siegel, New York, 17 Oct 1996, lot 1066.

Michel Catalogue 294: Great Britain

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