Lot 70026 – 2d blue, early impression, position 10, just cut into

2d blue, early impression, position 10, just cut into on the left side otherwise clear margins, on 1850 (Jan 18) wrapper from Port Louis “p. B B Greene bound for Cork” to Bordeaux, tied by black grill, crowned GPO ds, landed at Cove and with blue “COVE / SHIP LETTER” and “8” ship rate hs on face, reverse with Queenstown and English transits, charged ’30’ in France with boxed “COLONIES / &C ART 13” accountancy.

A rare usage, the only example seen routed through Ireland

Provenance: Stevens (April 1961), “Emerald”, Chand 2000 (Exhibited at British Library).

Expertise: Cert. B.P.A. (1977)