Lot 1291 - 1941 REMARKABLE FRANKING - POSSIBLY THE GREATEST 20th CENTURY COVER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE: 18 July 1941 linen backed cover (365 x 210 mm) from London by North Atlantic and Trans Pacific Mail to Melbourne. Bearing a record franking of 9d (2), 5/- and no less than 34 10/- dark blue consisting of three blocks of eight, a block of four, two pairs and two singles paying the 77 x 4/6d per ½oz rate. Some creasing which is to be expected with such a large item. Note: this cover was discovered in an auct.... Currently GBP 2,000

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