Lot 182
Great Britain, (Ocean Penny Postage) Ocean Penny Postage, Races of Mankind design with Mitchell imprint and pink embossed hand-in-hand seal of the Brotherhood on backflap (state 1), on 1852 cover franked with 1841, 1d red brown tied by bold "26" barred oval handstamp, on local London cover addressed by social reform activist Elihu Burritt, with circular "Too Late, G.P.O." handstamp, origin and receiving backstamps; small cover tear at top and nick at bottom, otherwise Very Fine; with 1972 R.P.S. certificate.SG No. 8 Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $575