£550 - £750
FIRST DAY OF USAGE ½d PLATE NUMBER (PL.11) ON PRINTED MATTER RATE COVER EX LONDON; Fine 1 Oct. 1870 EL (a couple of light vertical crease well clear of stamp) with printed contents and printed heading above the address "British Asylum for Deaf & Dumb Females" (being a voting form for their Committee); franked by a Plate 11 ½d Rose-Red (LM; slightly off-centre as usual) tied by a very fine small "LONDON N W/C 12/OC 1/70" cds. Used on the First Day of Usage of the British ½d stamp and the First Day of the Printed Matter rate. Attractive Exhibition Item.Cross Reference: FIRST DAY COVERS, 1870 ½d PLATES, FIRST DAY/SPECIAL EVENT COVERS
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