GREAT BRITAIN
Lot 4745
Opening bid
150
€
6 Pence dark purple-violet (6), two horizontal pairs and two singles, and dull purple-violet (3), three singles, with 1 Shilling dark yellow-green (2), horizontal pair with right sheet margin, Queen Victoria without corner letters, letterpress De La Rue, watermark 5 Heraldic Flowers, comb perforated K14 on ordinary thin white paper; both horizontal dark purple-violet pairs from left sheet margin, with margins trimmed; one dull violet 6 d with corner missing, on cover from London to Milan, cancelled London main post office numeral "10", square "LONDON JY 27 60" and "MILANO 30 LUG 60" on reverse. Some impairments from creases and transit wear, very good fresh-coloured condition. Letter up to 3 1/4 ounces for 6 Shilling and 6 Pence to Lombardy/Italy via France, photo certificate Albert Louis BPP (2023) "genuine and in a fresh state of preservation", Mi. 1.400.- ++ (SGNo. 69,70,72).
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