Lot 61
GB Medicine Duty 1795-1823 Proof Impressions on laid paper x5

Revenue & Telegraph Stamps of the World | 5954
Auction: 21 November 2023 at 09:30 GMT
£240
Description
Medicine Duty: 1795-1823 group of 5 different proof impressions on laid paper, comprising 1½d, and 3d, most unusually struck in BLACK, appropriated for ‘Ching & R Butler’, 1½d, and 3d in chestnut for 'Dicey & co' and another 1½d, in Chestnut appropriated for 'HOOPER chemists. Rare and highly attractive pieces of social history. Booth types 83a/c, (see p. 339 for detailed listing)

