Great Britain 1840 1d Mulready letter sheet, Forme 6 Stereo A238, SGME1.
A very fine used example containing a printed advert for "Henry Penny's much approved Metallic Paper".
Sent from London to Lucan, Dublin. Cancelled to the right of Britannia contrary to regulations by a Bridge St. Lamb handstamp and to the left by a Lucan arrival datestamp for 'AP.9.1841'.
Backstamped with a London dispatch circular date stamp for 'AP.8.1841' and a Dublin transit datestamp for the following day.
A fascinating and very rare piece of early British postal usage of the ill-fated Mulready letter sheets.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: MA461b. MEInvar.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £7,500.
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