Auction No. 10 Saturday, 8 October 2011 / 5:00 pm start
1840 1d black on cover with indistinct red cancel ...
Estimate $120
Realised: $100 plus premium
Category: Commonwealth & Foreign > Great Britain
Lot Details
1840 1d black on cover with indistinct red cancel addressed to Inveraray with Bonaw NO 27 1840 square box cancel on reverse. Contents of letter is requesting an investigation into an attack that the writer describes, he "struck me in the nose until it bled rapidly". Nice social history item with early Penny Black usage.
