Lot 104
GB 1840 2d blue, plate 1, horizontal pair (QE-QF), on cover tied by Stirling Maltese crosses





Stamps & Covers of The World Including Great Britain, 30th-31st July | S25013
Auction: 30 July 2025 at 11:00 BST
Estimate: £1,800 - £2,000
Description
1840 2d blue, Plate 1, horizontal pair (QE-QF), just cut into at lower right to large margins and nearly severed between pair, on entire cover to Falkirk, both tied by the distinctive Stirling black Maltese Cross, backstamped by Stirling despatch for 25 MY 1842 and Falkirk arrival (26.5) boxed handstamp; refolded and a couple of vertical filing folds, one through the right stamp. A very rare cover. RPS Certificate (2003), SG Spec DS5vn





