Lot 62
GB 1840 1d Mulready, redirected from London to Brighton

Stamps & Covers of The World Including Great Britain, 30th-31st July | S25013
Auction: 30 July 2025 at 11:00 BST
£1,200
Description
1840 1d Mulready lettersheet (Forme 1, Stereo A8). Used example sent from Reading to London, cancelled by two black MCs; redirected to Brighton with a four-margined 1d red-brown, Plate 18 pre-paying the additional postage, cancelled by a black MC and a red ‘Maltese Cross’ London datestamp (RL Type 36). The reverse with Reading, London and Brighton datestamps for JA 17-18 1842. Vertical crease at right, and some scuffing at base, still an attractive and rare franking. 1998 BPA Certificate. SG ME1, 8.
Footnote
ex Knox, Grunin and Mayflower

