Lot
3 
Great Britain, 1840, 1d black, six singles, plate 4, letters AH-AI, BG-BI & NE, all with clear to ample margins, tied by red Maltese cross cancels on folded letter sheet to Birmingham; cover with reduction at left into receiving postmark on reverse, F.-V.F.; signed Holcombe. Scott No. 1. SG No. 2 Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
A RARE MULTIPLE FRANKING OF THE 1840 PENNY BLACK ISSUE.
Realized: $3,500