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RARE 1d BLACK COVER WITH PRICES CURRENT PARTLY PRINTED CONTENTS; 28 July 1840 EL (part hand-written and part printed) "Current Prices of Grain, Flour and Seeds" sent from "BEGBIE & YOUNGS" in London to Havant with a very nearly 4m 1d Black (Plate 2? - TD) tied by a light orange-red London Maltese Cross, having a black London cds on the side-flap. Very few 'Prices Current' letters have survived with 1d Blacks. [Illustrated in BPPP, p.274.]Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, ADVERTISING COVERS
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