Lot 52
GB 1840 SGME4 Cover

Stamps & Covers Of The World | 5957
Auction: 21 November 2023 at 12:30 GMT
£660
Description
1840 2d Mulready Envelope (Forme 1, Stereo a203). Very fine used example sent from Liverpool to Birmingham, neatly cancelled with a black MC and backstamped accordingly for MY.8.1841. Also showing a black imprint on lower flap "Webb, L'pool" for Waring Webb of Liverpool (MA490g). Extremely rare, one of only two recorded examples of these imprints on a 2d Mulready. Ex. "Mayflower".

