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Mulready envelope
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.
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Blithedale Rare Books and Manuscripts
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