cover 3p deep blue, 1sh cold violet (3, 7; S.G.2, 7), the former with large margins, the latter with good large margins except at one side where just touched, tied by oval grids to Jul. 1853 cover from Halifax to London; cover, with heavy cover filing crease, showing Liverpool JY 17 tombstone, backstamped Halifax JY 8 1853; rare franking, 1sh 3p rate to the United Kingdom until August 1, 1854, ex Carnegie | Christie's

Lot 222

222

cover 3p deep blue, 1sh cold violet (3, 7; S.G.2, 7), the former with large margins, the latter with good large margins except at one side where just touched, tied by oval grids to Jul. 1853 cover from Halifax to London; cover, with heavy cover filing crease, showing Liverpool JY 17 tombstone, backstamped Halifax JY 8 1853; rare franking, 1sh 3p rate to the United Kingdom until August 1, 1854, ex Carnegie

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cover 3p deep blue, 1sh cold violet (3, 7; S.G.2, 7), the former with large margins, the latter with good large margins except at one side where just touched, tied by oval grids to Jul. 1853 cover from Halifax to London; cover, with heavy cover filing crease, showing Liverpool JY 17 tombstone, backstamped Halifax JY 8 1853; rare franking, 1sh 3p rate to the United Kingdom until August 1, 1854, ex Carnegie