Lot 308
1856 1d Red-brown Pl.13. Very fine envelope sent from Cumbernauld to Falkirk bearing a 1d red-brown Pl.13. (SG 29var, C6)...

Auction: 29 November 2020 at 00:00 GMT
Estimate: £110 - £130
Description
1856 1d Red-brown Pl.13. Very fine envelope sent from Cumbernauld to Falkirk bearing a 1d red-brown Pl.13. (SG 29var, C6) lettered NB, neatly cancelled by a crisp "CUMBERNAULD" Scots local cancellation (Type XX). Backstamped by a Glasgow transit cds for MR.4.1856, and a brown Falkirk arrival cds for the same day. Bearing a light horizontal enclosure buckle through the adhesive nevertheless a presentable example of this difficult Scots local cancellation. Alcock scarcity rating F.

