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1851 '87' NUMERAL OF BLANDFORD IN BLUE ON COVER/SHAFTESBURY PENNY POST. Letter Marnhull to 'Mefsrs Wills and Burridge Solrs Shaftesbury' dated 28 Oct 1851 with fine 1d (SG8) lettered PD with four close to good margins tied good to fine strike, upside down, of the '87' numeral of Blandford in blue (spec B1xb). On reverse good strike unframed 'No.6' receiving house hand stamp of Marnhull in black, under the Shaftesbury Penny Post. (Ref 119654).
