Lot 3519
GB 1840 1d Mulready uprated lettersheet with printed advertisement for Scottish Provident in blue




Stamps & Covers of Great Britain | S25022
Auction: 11 December 2025 at 10:30 GMT
Description
1840 1d Mulready lettersheet to London with printed advertisement for the Scottish Provident Institution in blue, uprated by 1d black, plate 5 (EJ), close to good margins with a small nick in second “N” of penny, cancelled contrary to regulations as only the adhesive was struck by a black Dundee Maltese Cross. Backstamped by boxed despatch for JY 5 1841, Edinburgh transit and London arrival datestamps for the two following days. Horizontal filing fold which in part is slightly split and has been sensibly reinforced, but still a very scarce Mulready. SG Spec ME1n var




