Item Details
Grade: G (Good)
Condition: Used
Monarch: Victoria (1840-1901)
Year of Issue: 1841
Printing: Line-Engraved
Watermark: Small Crown
Die: 1
Perforation: Imperf
Alphabet: 1
Paper: Blued
Printer: Perkins, Bacon & Co.
Cancellation
Type: Maltese Cross
Colour: Black
Country: England
County:
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1844 1d Plate 40 SG8 Entire to John Shillaber via Steamship Cross Written
Good used. On an entire with a Maltese Cross cancel. A fascinating 1844 Great Britain entire bearing a 1d Red imperforate (letters KF), enclosing an extensively cross-written family letter headed Lauriston House, Cheltenham and dated 3rd March 1844. Addressed to John Shillaber at Dixon, Illinois, USA, the letter travelled by steamship, crossing the Atlantic and bears a manuscript "Steamer" endorsement together with evidence of redirection and American transit markings before reaching its final destination
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