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cover 12½ black (13), tied by manuscript cross and grid to Aug. 1867 cover from Halifax to Leghorn, Italy, handstamped "PAID ONLY TO ENGLAND" with manuscript "20" and "15" rate markings; cover without flap, otherwise fine; 12½c to England only, a rare circumstance, see Argenti page 195 and his plate 23, ex Argenti, Kanai, with 1958 R.P.S. certificate

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cover 12½ black (13), tied by manuscript cross and grid to Aug. 1867 cover from Halifax to Leghorn, Italy, handstamped "PAID ONLY TO ENGLAND" with manuscript "20" and "15" rate markings; cover without flap, otherwise fine; 12½c to England only, a rare circumstance, see Argenti page 195 and his plate 23, ex Argenti, Kanai, with 1958 R.P.S. certificate