Great Britain - QV (Mulreadys)

1840 1d. Mulready lettersheet Forme 3 Stereo A35. Very fine used example sent from London to Leith bearing a crisp strike of the London No.6 number in Maltese Cross, unobtrusive central filing fold, backstamped by a Leith arrical CDS for AP.28.1843. Accompanied by Stanley Gibbons retail card premium priced £2,600= (SG CV from £2,250=) As Gibbons state: Very scarce so fine. Indeed this is an invoice from Samuel Hanson & Son (47 Botolph Lane London), Importers of foreign fruits (from Leith & Glasgow Wharf for sultannas & figs! (Stanley Gibbons £2,600= retail provenance accompanies). Exceptional. Exhibition Standard. Rare (1.)

Country / area

Great Britain - QV (Mulreadys)

Date

1840

SG reference

ME1

Classification

C

SG catalogue value

£2,250.00

UPA estimate

£1,350.00

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