Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 5 cover, SG2 Airmail Stamps roulettes on two sides

roulettes on two sides

Gold Sovereign George IV 1825 Bare Head Good Extremely Fine and graded 70 by London Coins Grading Service and in their holder ALERT ME WHEN ANOTHER IS AVAILABLE >

A quite astonishing find

Fiona Fullerton

David Bellamy

Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 5 cover, SG2 Airmail Stamps roulettes on two sidesGreat Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 5 cover, SG2. A huge four margin example lettered 'SL', neatly tied to a clean, fresh wrapper by a red Maltese Cross. Addressed to Carlisle with a London dispatch circular date stamp on reverse for 'OC. 1840.' An exceptional quality penny black cover. Pristine condition penny black covers with four large margins are scarce. A lovely example of the postal use of the worlds first postage stamp and the most important