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    MARKET INSIGHT

    Aug 12, 2022 5 minutes

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    MULREADY TO INDIA

    Spink’s first sale of the Klempka Family Collection of Great Britain took place recently at the Royal Philatelic Society London and featured a number of attractive rarities. Amongst the highlights was this 1840 Mulready 2d envelope sent to India in October 1840. The letter was sent to Ajmeer then redirected to Agra, uprated with two pairs of the 2d Blue (plate 1 CI-CJ and DG-DH) and a DI single, paying the 1/-rate to India. The stamps and cover was cancelled by an orange Bristol Maltese Cross with matching circular date stamp on the reverse. The CI stamp also just tied by a Clifton undated postmark. The cover was endorsed ‘via Falmouth/Red Sea’ and the

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