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Lot 942 - g.b. postal history mulreadys and caricatures - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History #33

1841 (Nov 4) 2d Lettersheet stereo a104 used from London to Leeds cancelled by a black Maltese Cross with Leeds arrival datestamp on the front, London backstamp. A couple of tiny edge tears and filing note at left, an unusually good example of the 2d lettersheet. Photo on Page 140.
Suggested price: GBP250-300

Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History #33

g.b. postal history mulreadys and caricatures

Lot 948 - g.b. postal history mulreadys and caricatures - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History #33

HCK Caricature envelope, the design very similar to the Mulready but with the elephants and llamas wearing spectacles, a few light tone marks, otherwise fine, unused and very scarce. Two examples in the Grunin collection were described as the only known examples, though six or seven are now believed to exist. This envelope ex Yates (Robson Lowe 1949), Dale (S.G. 1969) and Shaida. An unusually fine example of this very scarce and attractive caricature. Photo on Page 142.
Suggested price: GBP500-600

Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History #33

g.b. postal history mulreadys and caricatures