Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 3

1840: 1 d. black, Plate 6, lettered PJ, a used example with clear to large margins all round, tied to 1840 cover from Loanhead to Edinburgh by fine watery strike of the Maltese Cross in purple ink. Reverse with LOANHEAD / PENNY POST handstamp in black and Edinburgh cds (Oct 24) in red. File fold well away from the adhesive, a very rare cover: the sole recorded example from Loanhead, recorded by Robson Lowe in 1975 and by Rockoff & Jackson on page 436. Unique. Cert. BPA (1989) Gi A1vd = £ 15'000.