Sale 61: The Fall Sale

Lot 1881    

Great Britain, 1840, Mulready Letter Sheet, 1d black, stereo A8, addressed to Eye with two strikes of black Maltese cross canceling, reverse with "Stowmarket, DE 28 1841" datestamp, "Eye, DE 29 1841" receiving double-arc datestamp, Very Fine. S.G. Spec. No. ME1.
Scott No. U3    $500.

Sixty years earlier, Eye became famous when a lead box was found by the river there containing 600 Roman gold coins, the largest such cache ever found in Great Britain.

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Lot 1882    

Great Britain, 1840, Mulready Letter Sheet, 2d blue, cancelled by "397" oval grid cancel, matching "Liphook, AP 30 1845" origin backstamp and addressed to Lancaster, red London (4.21) transit and Lancaster (4.21) arrival backstamps; light file fold, F.-V.F. S.G. Spec. No. ME3 £2,200 ($3,280).
Scott No. U4    $2,000.

Realized: $900

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