Great Britain 1840 SG.5, Queen Victoria 2P blue, letters L-I, unused stamp mounted on letter sent to Wales to local lieutenant of rifle brigade with information about usage formely issued first stamps in England! with text: these stamps will fee any letter with..weith more than 1/2 ounce to any Post of England, Scotland, Ireland or Wales…In passing thru (through) the postoffice they are marked to prevent their beig used and second time, ramerkably interesting contemporaneous document of beginnig of postal service in Great Britain; cat. for unused hinged stamp £35.000 Dealer Burda Auction, s.r.o. Auction Minimum Bid: 2698.00 EUR (via Philasearch.com: 40. Burda Auction - item 9251-A40-637)
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