David Feldman Great Britain & British Empire December 13 2019

20 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° (SG) Estimate ( £ ) Great Britain & British Empire 50013 F 1858 (Jan 3) 1d Mulready envelope, stereo A156, SENT FROM PARIS to Germany, with French Empire 10c bistre and 20c blue, both tied by ms with the 10c also being tied by a boxed “PD” hs, sent to Chateau Zeil then redirected to Baden and then Munich, German tax markings, water stain patch otherwise fine. An exceptional usage of the Mulready, and possibly unique with a foreign franking, cert. BPB (2002) 3’400 - 5’000 50014 F ME4 1841 (Jan 18) 2d Mulready envelope, Forme 1, stereo a200, sent from JERSEY to Ilchester cancelled contrary to regulations by a black MC (as recorded from Jersey from late November 1840), despatch backstamp, wax seal removed otherwise fine, a very rare Channel Island usage, believed to be one of only two recorded 2d Mulreadys used from Jersey, ex “Mayflower”, cert. RPS (2006) 2’000 - 3’000 50015 F ME4 1841 (May 8) 2d Mulready envelope, forme 1 stereo a203 with “Webb, L’pool” advertising imprint on backflap (for Waring Webb of Liverpool, SG.MA490d), sent from Liverpool to Birmingham and neatly cancelled with a black MC, despatch and arrival bs, very fine and extremely rare, one of only two recorded examples of these imprints on a 2d Mulready, ex “Mayflower” 400 - 600