Lot 70138 – 1841 1d Red pl.11 HD, tied to 1841 (June 18) lettersheet by distinctive Maltese Cross showing the break at lower right

Cirencester: 1841 1d Red pl.11 HD, close to very good margins, tied to 1841 (June 18) lettersheet from Cirencester to Little Rissington by superb Cirencester distinctive Maltese Cross showing the break at lower right, reverse with despatch and Morton-in-Marsh arrival ds, a superb example of this rare MC with only eight covers recorded by R&J, illustrated vol.1 p.74, ex “Mayflower”.