A beautiful exhibition quality display cover from the second day of issue. The first time this cover has appeared on the market in over 50 years.

Great Britain 1840 1d black, plate 1a, SG2 - penny black second day of issue cover.

May 7th, 1840, the second day of issue, lettersheet sent from Keswick to London bearing a 1d black plate 1a lettered "TK" with very large margins, with Maltese Cross cancellation, and Keswick circular date stamp "MY 7 1840" on front.

A beautiful exhibition quality display cover bearing the world's first postage stamp marking the dawn of prepaid postage and spawning a communications revolution.

This is the first time this cover has appeared on the market in over 50 years.

Accompanied with a 1994 Royal Philatelic Society (RPS) Certificate of Authenticity.