Lot 50
50
cover a208, in a most distinct milky blue shade, used to Preston, uprated with 1840 1d. plate VIII, ML-NL and KL-LL vertical pairs, margins all round, tied by strikes of the black Maltese Cross, showing "SKIPTON/FE 20/184(?)" double-arc datestamp at left; minor perimeter faults and adhesive ML with obvious repair, otherwise fine. Attractive and very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1998). Photo
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cover a208, in a most distinct milky blue shade, used to Preston, uprated with 1840 1d. plate VIII, ML-NL and KL-LL vertical pairs, margins all round, tied by strikes of the black Maltese Cross, showing "SKIPTON/FE 20/184(?)" double-arc datestamp at left; minor perimeter faults and adhesive ML with obvious repair, otherwise fine. Attractive and very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1998). Photo

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cover a208, in a most distinct milky blue shade, used to Preston, uprated with 1840 1d. plate VIII, ML-NL and KL-LL vertical pairs, margins all round, tied by strikes of the black Maltese Cross, showing "SKIPTON/FE 20/184(?)" double-arc datestamp at left; minor perimeter faults and adhesive ML with obvious repair, otherwise fine. Attractive and very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1998). Photo
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Illustration is incorrectly numbered 10