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(x) Great BritainRegistration Paid in Cash1/- Registration Rate1840 Two Pence Blue Covers1841 (13 Feb.) large part wrapper to Bakewell
bearing pair of 2d. dark blue, plate 1, CB-CD (close to good margins, just cut into at left) cancelled by red Maltese Cross, marked "Registered Letter" in left corner and "1/-" rate mark for registration and Sheffield despatch c.d.s. The flaps have
been trimmed. A clean and appealing cover. R.P.S. Certificate (1999).A delightful and remarkable cover which is the earliest known registered cover bearing 1840 2d. Blue, only three registered covers bearing the plate 1 are recorded and multiples are
rarely encounteredprovenance:Dr Pichai Buranasombati, March 2001Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
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