GB 1840 SG2,ME2 Pl.2 Penny Black - Mulready envelope with contents and mint 1d Black

Stock Code: P223010198

1840 1d Mulready Envelope Forme 3 Stereo A160. Very fine used example sent from Canterbury to Chard, Kent neatly cancelled by a red MC with a Canterbury cds on reverse for MY.25.1840. Complete with the original enclosure to which a 1d black Pl.2 good to large four margin mint example lettered FK has been attached. The letter reads, "... I enclose the letter in one of the new envelopes. How do you like them? There is another stamp sold but they can be easily removed and are very ugly. I have affixed one of them on the corner of this paper to show you..." and continues with details of how to use the stamps. A superb and rare contemporary account of how the new 'ugly' stamps were originally perceived. Spec. ME2 and AS14.

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GB 1840 SG2,ME2 Pl.2 Penny Black - Mulready envelope with contents and mint 1d Black - $12,439.00*


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