Lot 50007A – 1840 (Nov 18) 1d Mulready lettersheet, forme 1, stereo A31 « Substituted Stereo »), sent from Gravesend to Vanbrugh Castle, Greenwich

1840 (Nov 18) 1d Mulready lettersheet, forme 1, stereo A31 « Substituted Stereo »), sent from Gravesend to Vanbrugh Castle, Greenwich, neatly cancelled by an orange-red MC with a red manuscript « 3 » at lower left to indicate a pre-paid cash uprating to 4d, reverse with despatch cds and Shooters Hill arrival cds, fine example of this scarce substituted stereo, ex « Mayflower », cert. BPA (2010) (SG Spec. ME1e).