Lot 103
GB 1840 2d pair on entire

Stamps & Covers of The World Including Great Britain, 30th-31st July | S25013
Auction: 30 July 2025 at 11:00 BST
£1,800
Description
1840 2d deep full blue, Plate 1, horizontal pair (GF-GG) with close to large margins on entire to Melrose, neatly tied by two strikes of the distinctive Galashiels Maltese Cross in orange-red ink, showing the small inner star and straight ends to the inner cross, and backstamped by Boxed Galashiels h/s for OC 26 1840. Vertical crease clear of the adhesives. A rare cover. SG 4.

