Great Britain 1840 Mulready envelope forme 2, SGME2

Great Britain 1840 Mulready envelope forme 2, SGME2Great Britain 1840 1d Mulready Envelope Forme 2 Stereo A148, SGME2. Very fine used example sent from London to Torquay, neatly cancelled by a crisp strike of an orange red Maltese Cross with a blue T. P Charles St West handstamp at lower left. Backstamped with a London dispatch circular datestamp for MY. 6. 1840. (First day of issue) on top flap which opens out well for display. Minor soiling as usually seen and couple trivial wrinkles, nevertheless a

This stamp is particularly difficult to find used

and was presented to Yumey Lopez Gonzales on July 26

and the vast majority of pieces bearing her signature are signed simply "Diana"

who was married to publisher George Charpentier (whose stable of authors included Gustave Flaubert

A further affair with co-star Genevieve Bujold lasted many years

Written in French

A very fine used example of this difficult departmental issue lettered KQ

Great Britain 1841 1d Red brown Plate 131

printed in mauve and showing part sheet inscription

rough torn from sheet margin at left and showing part central sheet ornament

or a postage stamp collector

An Exceptional Piece