Great Britain 1840 1d black Plate 8, SG2.
A superb used good to huge four margin example lettered 'ML', neatly cancelled by a crisp strike of a black Maltese Cross.
A wonderful used example of the penny black in a condition grade above SG catalogue quality.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £525.
Plate 8 was put to press and registered on 31 July 1840. Its earliest known use is 5 September. The plate was destroyed on 8 September 1841.
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