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Rare stamp find during a tidy-up at Sedbergh School

Posted by admin on 26 November, 2009
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A VOLUNTEER at Sedbergh School has discovered a stash of rare 19th century stamps worth up to £10,000. Archive assistant Charlotte Dickerson was doing routine sorting at the Sedbergh Archive and Heritage Centre when she came across letters with Penny Blacks, Penny Reds and Penny Blues. The Penny Black, introduced in 1840, was the world’s [...]

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