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1890 PENNY POSTAGE JUBILEE UNADDRESSED ENVELOPE WITH 6D DULL GREEN (SG194) WITH 'SOUTH KENSINGTON' EXHIBITION HAND STAMP. Unaddressed envelope from the 1890 Penny Postage Jubilee South Kensington exhibition with 6d dull green (SG194) lettered BN, some colour loss but with superb strike 'PENNY POSTAGE JUBILEE/V CROWN R/1840 1890/2.JY.90/SOUTH KENSINGTON' exhibition hand stamp in purple. A rare usage and the first example of this stamp used at these celebrations we have seen. (Ref 137794).