Lot 1257
1840 1d black, Plate 7 (PL), large to very...

Stamps and Postal History of the World | 5929
Auction: 18 November 2021 at 00:00 GMT
£650
Description
1840 1d black, Plate 7 (PL), large to very large margins, tied to entire letter cancelled by perfectly struck experimental period black Maltese Cross, leaving Queen's profile clear, fine strike of straight-line 'Tooley-St.' hs below, the reverse with red London hs for '7 Sep 1840' (indistinct but confirmed by manuscript annotation); couple of archive folds clear of the adhesive. A most appealing example of this early experimental cross. SG 2

