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Penny Black
First Piece of Mail Sent Using Penny Black Stamp Comes to Auction with $2.5m Estimate
January 11, 2024
Sotheby’s will offer a one-of-a-kind item linked to the history of modern mass communication: the earliest posted envelope using a prepaid stamp.
Presses: Fine & Private
Peyton Wilson
(570) 474-5091
Sometimes obscure books, often oriented towards the book publishing/producing
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Book Dealer: Antiquarian & Rare
Gibbs Books
PO Box 102
Williamsville, NY 14231
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Wilhelm Weinrauch Rare Books
PO Box 230354
Portland, OR 97281
(503) 953-3553
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E M Maurice Books
(860) 480-2264
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