Auction: 1027 - Autumn Collector's Series
Lot: 82
Great Britain 1840 One Penny Black Plate IV IG, touched at right but large to very large margins other sides and showing a portion of the adjoining stamp at left, used a as a seal and tied by black Maltese Cross on 1840 (12 Nov.) letter sheet with "T.P./Bayswater" alongside and red datestamp on reverse; fine. A most unusual usage and an early example of the experimental use of the black Maltese Cross. R.P.S. Certificate (2005). Photo Estimate £ 600-800
Sold for
£400