Lot 60158 – 1841 (Jan 30) Entire letter sent registered to a bookseller in Oxford, bearing 1d black pl.8 HK

1841 (Jan 30) Entire letter to a bookseller in Oxford, bearing 1d black pl.8 HK, small to large margins all round, tied by a watery strike of pale red Maltese Cross, the front marked “No 198 Registered Letter” with a small 1/- rate mark, the reverse bearing the Liverpool despatch cds, a rare Penny Black registered cover and the second earliest recorded, ex Martin Willcocks (June 1999), “Severn” and Alan Holyoake RDP FRPSL, cert. RPS (2000) and cert BPA (2011) which notes that the adhesive has been lifted and treated to reduce staining.