Lot 70239 – Spooner “Shooting” no.10 Mulready caricature sent from Dolgelly to Mold (Wales) franked on the reverse with 1840 1d black pl.1a AE

Spooner “Shooting” no.10 Mulready caricature sent from Dolgelly to Mold (Wales) franked on the reverse with 1840 1d black pl.1a AE (just cut into at top left), neatly tied by red Maltese Cross with UDC despatch below, with ms notation by the recipient: “one of the first envelopes received by post”, a very rare usage, cert. PE (1995).