Great Britain and British Commonwealth Great Britain Postal Stationery
Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30566
Symbol: F,S
Cat No: PN4
Postal Stationery. 1841 Postal Notice sent by E.S. Lees from the General Post Office, Edinburgh dated April 1841, sent to inform postmasters of the forthcoming 2d envelope, an example of which was attached (now detached) with a large "SPECIMEN" overprint in red, very fine and rarely seen (Image)
Opening GBP 500.00
Sold...GBP 650.00
Closed..Jun-30-2020, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 2004
Lot No: 30568
Symbol: F
1894 (Jun 28) 1/2d Postal stationery card cancelled by large "ROYAL SHOW CAMBRIDGE" skeleton cds, the first time that an official postmark was used at an agricultural show, fine, one of the rarest special event datestamps with very few examples of this scarce cancellation on cover/card, plus modern picture postcard showing the plan of the expo and the cancellation (Image)
