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Victoria. 1840 (Nov 5) Commission document appointing Alexander MacLean a Major in the 3rd West Indian Regiment, with royal seal and a £1.10 revenue stamp, signed "Victoria R" and by the Marquis of Normanby, a fine document and an early Victoria signature. £100-120
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Queen Victoria/Prince Albert. 1855 (Sept 6) Letter on Buckingham Palace notepaper written by Queen Victoria, "The Queen has received Sir Wm Molesworth's letter of yesterday and entirely approves of W. Hiscocks being appointed to the office of Governor of Barbados"; mourning cover signed "The Queen" and addressed by her to The Viscount Bridport; piece signed by Queen Victoria; and an 1857 mourning cover posted from London to Germany, addressed in Prince Albert's handwriting to Major General The Hon. Charles Grey (seal cut from reverse). Also a cover addressed in the handwriting of Queen Alexandria (Regent to King William IV) to her Treasurer at Marlborough House. (5). £240-260
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Edward VII - Cowes/Osborne. c.1881 Letters written by the Prince of Wales to a Mrs Smith (3, one with 1881 cover posted at Cowes franked 1d) from Cowes on Royal Yacht Osborne notepaper (2, one black mourning notepaper) or from St. Petersburg on Prince of Wales mourning notepaper, and another letter from the Prince of Wales at Cowes to Lady De la Warr, on differing Royal Yacht Osborne notepaper, all four signed "Albert Edward" (2) or "A.E" (2). Also 1868 cover with royal seal posted in London franked 1d, the enclosed letter written by Thomas Biddulph from Osborne. (2 covers + 5 letters). £200-240
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Edward VIII. 1913 (Oct 7) Stampless cover with "GVR" cypher cachet and red "OFFICIAL PAID / BALMORAL CASTLE" c.d.s, initialled "G" by Edward, Prince of Wales, and addressed in his hand to his French tutor Monsieur L. Lassimonne at Cowes. The enclosed letter on Balmoral Castle notepaper is written in French by the Prince, and signed "Edward". He tells of his return from Germany, his stay at Balmoral where he has shot 20 deer, his brother having joined "Collingwood", and having been at university for a year. A fine signed letter and cover. Photo on Page 30. £200-250
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Edward VIII. 1914 (Nov 12) Stampless mourning cover with "GVR" cypher cachet and red London S.W Official Paid c.d.s, initialled "G" by Edward, Prince of Wales, and addressed in his hand to his French tutor Monsieur L. Lassimonne at Cowes. The enclosed letter on Buckingham Palace notepaper is written in French by the Prince, and includes, "It is terrible how we are losing all our friends to the war but we are going to win, of that I am sure". A fine signed letter and cover. £200-250
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1713-c.2000 Covers, cards and entire letters sorted by subjects including Bishop Marks (5), camp cancels (40), 1890 cover from Carnoustie to Java bearing six 1d lilacs, express mail, machine cancels including 1912 Wilkinson 1d in the slot machine, maritime mail (50), Mobile Post Offices, R.A.F P.O cancels, registered, skeletons, etc. (c.300). £350-450
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1742-1969 Entire letters, covers and cards, many from the Birmingham and Worcestershire areas, including 1856 "O35" numeral error used at Smethwick (instead of "O34"), Penny Posts (4), undated circles of "The Trumpet", "Cape of Good Hope" and "Hollywood", WW2 cover from G.B to A.P.O 1575 in Malta with the stamp washed off and violet "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER", 1911 purple-brown First U.K Aerial Post envelope flown from London, 1886 cover to Germany with a fine illustration of the Market Hotel in Birmingham on the reverse, etc. (115). £240-300
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1755-1901 Entire letters, entires and covers with prestamp letters written up on pages to show various postal rates including three 1824-25 entire letters all from Brecon to Alnwick strangely all with differing rates (1/1, 1/2 or 1/3), 1837-39 entire letters sent by London Cross Post with "Hounslow / Py Post" or "Shooters Hill / Penny Post", 1840 cover prepaid 1d in cash from Liverpool to a child at Bolton with note enclosing a lock of hair, Maltese Cross cancels, etc. (48). £150-180
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1826-99 Covers and cards including 1826 Returned Letter wrapper with London 2d Post regulations printed inside containing two original undelivered letters, 1840 Deal Ship Letter from Haiti, 1870 postcard with sloper arrow cancel, postal fiscal covers (2), used Mulready (faults), etc. (14). £150-180
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1857-1900 Entire letters and covers (7) including 1857 letter from Rio Grande to G.B with Rio de Janeiro British P.O c.d.s and "LIVERPOOL" dotted double arc datestamp, etc. Also a few KGVI stamps including 1948 £1 unmounted mint and used, etc. (7 covers + 11 stamps). £80-100
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1867 Entire letter from Haddington franked 1d, endorsed from "J.C Brown, late Colonial Botanist" to "R. Southey, Colonial Secretary, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, care of Colonial Office, London". Also 1889 cover from Wimbledon franked 1 1/2d to "Hampden Willis, Under Colonial Secretary, Colonial Office, Cape Town, c/o Colonial Office, Downing Street, London S.W" and endorsed "For Cape Colonial Office Bag", the enclosed letter mentions laying the submarine cable direct to Cape Town and enclosed a note for someone in Mowbray, and another cover to be posted in the Cape (for which he does not know the address, and for which he enclosed English stamps!). Two unusual covers sent to South Africa by diplomatic bag and therefore with postage paid at the G.B. inland rate only. (2). £140-160
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1903-10 Covers, lettercards and a postcard, nearly all addressed abroad including printed Stanley Gibbons (10) or W.H Peckitt (4) envelopes to Italy, 27 covers registered, one also with an "AR" handstamp, various stamps to the 1/- value. (43). £80-100
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c.1904-90 Long size covers, mainly G.B but with a few foreign including "A.V.2" of Ethiopia, 1942 registered cover from New York to London handstamped "MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT / DOCUMENTS ONLY", many meter marks from air lines or with other thematic interest, etc. (138). £100-120
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Various official mail, House of Commons covers and postcards, official cachets including Royal Courts of Justice, free fronts, some real or reproduction autographs, receipts with embossed revenue stamps, an unusual postally used anti-Disraeli political cartoon (stamp partly removed), passes for the House of Commons Gallery signed by various M.Ps, 1941 cover and letter sent on behalf of the Prime Minister addressed to Canada with "First Lord of the Treasury" official cachet but no postmarks, etc. (c.135). £200-240
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Postal and other Ephemera. Larger items in a cover album including 1883 (Aug 11) Illustrated London News with sketches from the first day of the Parcel Post service on the front cover and inside, also other Illustrated London News pages or complete magazines with pictures of the G.P.O sorting room, British A.P.O at Constantinople, Post Office railway, etc., 1916 War Savings poster, Post Office posters for new stamp issues with a proof of the 1978 Coronation Anniversary stamp issue poster, etc. (50). £100-120
| Air Mails | (Also See Lots 435, 1097/8, 1107/12, 1114, 1116, 1150)
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1907 (Oct 12) Daily Graphic balloon post, miniature eight page booklet depicting the balloon and aviators, dropped from the balloon whilst still over England. The balloon finally landed in Sweden. Fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 102. £400-450
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c.1925-70s Covers, cards and ephemera including first flight covers, Imperial Airways and British Airways ephemera with advertising labels and postcards, luggage labels, airgraphs (16, ten illustrated), many meter marks, red 1925 Cobham London to Cape Town flight labels mint (2), etc. (c.150). £180-220
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1925-39 Flight covers, mainly first flights including 1925 registered cover flown from Toulon to Oran, 1930 cover to Singapore flown by KLM from London, 1931 Air Ministry printed notice on the new England to South Africa air service flown on the Imperial Airways first flight to Bulawayo with arrival c.d.s, also a few commercial covers including 1936 cover flown by Lufthansa to Germany bearing 1/- (3) + 5/- (flight L.179, delayed 4 hours at Las Palmas and 8 hours at Bathurst), etc. (12). £160-200
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Internal first flights. 1928-46 Covers including G.W.R and Railway Air Services, 1934 Highland Airways to and from Kirkwall, 1935 Blackpool & West Coast Air Services to and from the Isle of Man, 1939 Scottish Airways first flights in both directions between Kirkwall and North Ronaldsay, 1937 Jersey Airways first flight to Southampton, 1939 Guernsey Airways first flights from Guernsey to Southampton (pilot signed) or Southampton to Guernsey, 1945 first post-war and first regular air mail both from Guernsey to England. (15). £180-220
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Internal Flights. 1933-61 Flight covers including first flights by North Eastern Airways, Midland & Scottish Air Ferries Ltd, Railway Air Services, West Country Air Services, Lundy & Atlantic Coast Air Lines, BEA, G.W.R, Highland Airways, Allied Airways, etc. (35), also various stamps, luggage labels and other ephemera. (48). £200-240
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Air Mail Labels. 1921 (April) G.P.O leaflet on Air Mail services detailing routes, rates and posting times with an example of the new "By Air Mail" label applied to the front, and a study of the similar Air Mail labels printed in Scotland in 1929-32 (16 labels) written up by Francis Field with a copy of his covering letter. £100-120
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Unused red London to Windsor envelope, printers sample with the flaps ungummed, fine and rare. Photo on Page 30. £600-650
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1911 (Sep 16) London to Windsor envelope proof in an unissued bright green colour, posted to Reading with KEVII 1d tied by superb Windsor Aerial Post c.d.s code 2, unobtrusive closed 12mm tear at upper edge, otherwise fine and a very scarce flown proof envelope. Photo on Page 30. £400-500
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1911 (Sep 9) Brown London to Windsor postcard addressed to the daughter of the Chief Ranger at Windsor Great Park, with KGV 1/2d tied by London Aerial Post c.d.s code 4, signed by the pilot Clement Greswell, a small photo of Greswell's head applied, well repaired at right edge. Photo on Page 30. £280-320
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1911 (Sep 11) Green London to Windsor postcard unusually bearing a KEVII 3d stamp, affixed over the 1/2d stamp that was on the card when sold, tied by fine London Aerial Post c.d.s code 3, a few minor faults, an unusual franking. Photo on Page 32. £100-120
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1911 (Sep 14) Brown London to Windsor postcard printed from the envelope plate with "Copyright" in the left margin, bearing KGV 1/2d tied by London Aerial Post c.d.s code 2. Photo on Page 32. £130-160
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1911 London to Windsor cards (4) comprising unused red-brown card, red-brown card to Belgium franked KEVII 1/2d + KGV 1/2d tied by SP 12 c.d.s with Leuven arrival c.d.s on the front, brown card with "Schweppes Ltd" advert and green card with "The Financial Outlook" advert both used with SP 9 c.d.s, also unused red envelope with enclosed notepaper, 1937 "Stamp Collecting" facsimile card used with KEVII Selfridges Air Mail Stamp Exhibition meter, and three later items. (9). £130-150
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1911 London to Windsor cards addressed abroad each franked KEVII 1/2d + KGV 1/2d, comprising green card to British Columbia with SP 9 c.d.s; and brown card to New Zealand with SP 14 c.d.s. and Gore arrival c.d.s on the front + machine cancel on reverse, violet "D.H EVANS & Co" handstamp on reverse, the first card with central vertical fold, the second card to New Zealand fine and unusual. (2). Photo on Page 32. £160-200
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1911 (Sep 9) Brown London to Windsor postcard with "Brown Brothers" illustrated advert on the reverse, KGV 1/2d tied by code 4 c.d.s, very fine. £100-120
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1911 (Sep 9) Brown London to Windsor postcard with the illustrated "Royal Aero Club, Ten Years of Progress" advert on the reverse, addressed to France with KGV 1d tied by code 4 c.d.s and Paris arrival machine. Reverse with some offset ink staining from the machine used to address these cards, otherwise fine and unusual addressed overseas. £100-120
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1911 (Sep 9) Violet London to Windsor "Privliege Mail" postcard addressed to the Daily Express, the message and address unusually written on the opposite sides to those intended to be used, with KGV 1/2d tied by the London Aerial Post c.d.s, largely fine and scarce. Photo on Page 32. £450-500
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1911 (Sep 15) Violet "Privilege Mail" London to Windsor postcard to Cornwall bearing KEVII 1/2d, written on September 8th but not cancelled by the code 3 Aerial Post c.d.s until September 15th, the violet card vignette with a few scrapes and 6mm tear at upper edge, otherwise fine and rare. All London violet cards were supposed to be cancelled and flown on September 9th, and violet cards used after this date are very unusual. Photo on Page 32. £650-700
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1911 (Sep 16) Violet "Privilege Mail" Windsor to London envelope bearing KGV 1d tied by Windsor Aerial Post c.d.s code 2, addressed to The Central London Sick Hospital in Hendon (which treated Hubert following his crash on September 11th). Violet notepaper enclosed with typed "With the Compliments of the Honorary Organising Committee", arrival backstamp of Cricklewood (Sep 18), very fine. Photo on Page 32. £600-650
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1911 (Sep 16) Violet "Privilege Mail" Windsor to London postcard addressed to Slough with KGV 1/2d tied by superb Windsor Aerial Post code "1" c.d.s, Cricklewood arrival c.d.s (Sep 18) alongside. The typed message on the reverse confirms the despatch of the Special Aerial Post issue of the Windsor Chronicle to the addressee, and is signed by W.T Hedges. Minor faults but a superb colour card and a scarce message; very few newspapers were despatched by the Aerial Post. Photo on Page 32. £550-600
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(Also See Lots 52/3, 57, 63, 66, 219/20, 374, 493/4, 501, 507) | |
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Postmarks on stamps and pieces, a large accumulation in a stockbook, unusual items noted including London Foreign Branch quartered Packet Letter datestamp with central letter on 4d, 1891 late use of Otley double arc datestamp, 1d reds with Official Paid c.d.s or Norwegian numeral "103", QV 1/- green stamps with fine c.d.s cancels, 1917 Australian Imperial Forces parcel post label, Edinburgh & Leigh Circular Delivery Co. 1/4d used with "BR&Co" cancel (thinned), National Telephone Co. 1/- bisect on piece with Dundee cancel, various P.O labels, etc. (100s). Photo on Page 34. £200-300
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1841 1d Red-brown, IG on piece tied by blue-black Preston Maltese Cross and black "Poulton / Penny Post"; and AD cancelled by an Irish numeral in blue and English numeral in black, both fine with four margins. (2). Photo on Page 34. £120-150
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1841 Imperf 1d reds with various unusual cancels, some on piece, including Exeter skeleton datestamp, Honiton and Dorchester datestamps, Chippenham datestamp in blue, Maltese Cross + "131" numeral of Edinburgh, boxed "1" receiver handstamp (also an entire showing similar "1" of Dundee), blue Maltese Cross (2), solid centre Maltese Cross, Norwich and Greenock Crosses, pair on piece with boxed Kelso datestamps, piece with Cheltenham Penny Post, etc., condition a little mixed though several stamps fine with four margins, an unusual group. (20 + cover). Photo on Page 34. £400-500
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1842 Entire letters or entires with imperf 1d reds cancelled by "LYME", "HONITON" or "DORCHESTER" town handstamps, the stamp with very close but just clear margins on the Lyme cover, the other two stamps cut into, the datestamps all clear. S.G. £9,000. (3). Photo on Page 32. £250-300
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1841-45 Entires (6) and a part entire, all with imperf 1d reds cancelled Irish "105" numeral in blue (4 small margins), Templecloud undated circle + "134" numeral of Bristol, or various Maltese Crosses, stamps with three or four margins. (7). £120-140
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Penny Posts. 1842 Entire letter from Sarkfoot, Gretna to Appleby with a 1d red (4 margins) tied by part strikes of "....Y POST" with complete "GRETNA / PENNY POST" applied alongside, very unusual and scarce used as a cancellation. S.G. £8,000. Photo on Page 36. £300-400
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Penny Posts. 1842 Entire letters with 1d reds (3 or 4 margins, some close) cancelled by blue-green boxed "Py P / No 15" and a black Maltese Cross, both with matching blue-green "HANDSWORTH" backstamps. S.G. £3,600. (2). Photo on Page 36. £200-300
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1846 Entire letter from Carke to Cartmell with Flookboro undated circle, bearing a very crudely torn out 1d red cancelled by a large ink splodge, possibly disallowed as the letter has a manuscript "1"; 1853 entire letter from Chepstow to Usk with an imperf 1d tied by a strange (but unreadable) boxed cancel; and 1869 cover to Stroud with 1d red plate 118 cancelled by manuscript cross, backstamped at Broadway, Campden and Stroud. (3). £120-150
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1854-70 Perforated 1d reds with unusual cancels comprising 1d red "stars" strips of three (2) with Crimean War "OXO" cancels in blue or black, pair with "3176" lozenge cancels of St. Malo and single with boxed "Exeter"; 1d plate number 149 block of six with intaglio mailbag seal cancels, etc. (17 stamps). Photo on Page 34. £180-220
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1854-57 1d Red-brown, perf 16 Small Crown with red numeral cancel "4" of Wantage (2001 B.P.A Certificate), and perf 14 Large Crown with violet "131" numeral cancel of Edinburgh, one pulled perf at top, otherwise both fine and scarce. S.G. £3,250. (2). Photo on Page 34. £240-280
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Liverpool Experimental Pin Cancels. 1855-57 Large Crown perf 14 1d cancelled by "466" numeral with six pins above or at the sides of the numeral, and 2d cancelled by "LIVERPOOL" triple arc dotted datestamp (MR 26 1856), the first with some faults, two rare cancels, the 466 numeral unknown on cover. (2). Photo on Page 34. £150-180
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Duplexs. 1881 Cover with 1d postal fiscal tied by Easingwold 931 duplex error of type, with horizontal bars at the sides. Also 1867 cover with 1d red tied Kibworth Harcourt B66 duplex with error of number (instead of "797"). (2). £100-120
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Squared Circles. 1885-1920 Picture postcards (and a few covers) with squared circle cancels, arranged alphabetically in four albums, from Ampthill to York, mainly fine strikes, many different offices and cancels. (306). £280-320
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Squared Circles - Sussex. 1881-1913 Display collection on 49 pages, covers and cards (68), pieces or stamps (97) from 26 differing offices, entires include Arundel on 1893 telegram, Billingshurst (1882 cover, rate "450" by Cohen with only 4-5 recorded), Bognor 1899 card with Barnham Junction c.d.s, Brighton offices comprising H.P.O (two 1893 covers franked 1/2d I.R Official both with Brighton Station R.L c.d.s), Cannon Place (2, scarce, earliest & latest known uses, Cohen "375"), College Road (2, Cohen "325"), Kemp Town (1889 cover, very scarce, Cohen "425" with 4-5 recorded), Old Steine (3) and Western Rd (4, one a parcel label), Etchingham (Cohen "375"), Gensing Station Rd Hastings, Heathfield (3, pieces only), Lindfield (2), Newhaven with scarce first type (3, one on underpaid 1/2d card redirected to Denmark, another on registered cover to Denmark franked 2d + 2 1/2d), Polegate, Robertsbridge, etc. A good lot showing the various new and recut hammer types, many highly rated by Cohen. (165). £380-450
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Newspaper Branch. 1874 (Oct 1) Printed Prices Current from London to Christinestadt, Russia with 1d plate 159 vertical pair cancelled by circular unframed, quartered "N/P/B/9", boxed "ANK 10/10" transit handstamp and St. Petersburg arrival backstamp. An attractive Newspaper branch cancel, this type usually only found on stationery wrappers and unusual cancelling stamps. Photo on Page 36. £150-180
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Newspaper Branch. c.1870-1904 Covers, cards and wrappers with various Newspaper Branch cancels of London (58) including datestamps with the district code letters or number at the top, various "NPB" types, etc. Also N.P.B cancels of Edinburgh (4) or Glasgow, and an 1891 cover sent at the 1/2d Book Post rate but handstamped "CLOSED CONTRARY / TO REGULATIONS" and charged 1d. (64). £180-200
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