Lot n°
Symbol(s)
Estimate (£)
26 | Great Britain & British Empire
1d Lettersheets and Envelopes
50009
F / 28
1840 (May 29) 1d Mulready lettersheet sent from London to an MP in Hythe, cancelled by a red Maltese
Cross, redirected to him at the Travelers Club in Pall Mall with ms “1” for payment and Britannia further
cancelled by London tombstone on arrival, reverse with London despatch and Hythe arrival, very fine.
650 - 750
50010
F
1840 (Dec 16) 1d Mulready envelope, Forme 2 stereo A153, sent from Vera Cruz, Mexico, to Liverpool
via New York cancelled by a red oval handstamp of Gilpins Exchange - Reading Room and Foreign
Letter Office - New York with a handstruck “8” (Robertson M65) alongside indicating an 8d charge as
an incoming Ship Letter. Backstamped with a Vera Cruz dispatch cds for 16th December, a F.Karck of
New York forwarding agents cachet and a “Liverpool / Ship Letter” handstamp (Robertson type S14).
This famous Mulready remains the sole recorded example posted to the UK from outside Europe. An
important and extremely attractive exhibition piece.
Note: Illustrated on page 118 of the “Mulready Postal Stationery” by Alan Huggins and Alan Holyoake.
Expertise: Cert. BPA (1998).
Provenance: Grunin and “Mayflower”.
40’000 - 50’000
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Bids between these steps will be adjusted accordingly to the next higher bid step.