Lot 1041
1840 1d Black Plate 2. Very fine used four...
Stamps and Postal History of the World | 5925
Auction: 13 July 2021 at 01:00 BST
£290
Description
1840 1d Black Plate 2. Very fine used four margin example lettered SJ neatly tied to entire by a crisp strike of the experimental London black MC with a T.P./Cornhill handstamp alongside. Addressed to Bloomsbury with a London datestamp on reverse for SP.16.1840. The trials for the use of black ink for cancelling stamps in London began in August 1840 prior to it's authorised use countrywide in February 1841. Spec. AS15m..
0