Day 3 - Great Britain, British Colonies, Pre-Union South Africa - the Besançon Collection (Part Ii)

1840: 1 d. black, Plate 5, lettered BH, a used example with large margins all round, neatly tied to 1840 cover from Aberdeen to Westminster by rare "Ruby" Maltese Cross. Reverse with framed Aberdeen despatch datestamp in black (Oct 17) and Edinburgh and London (Oct 19) datestamps in red. Listed in Rockoff & Jackson, Volume 3 on page 407. Scarce and very fine. Cert. RPSL (1989) Gi AS25ve = £ 4'500.
Catalogue 244: Europe & Overseas