Lot 70021 – 1840 1d Black pl.2 EE on 1840 (Sep 3) wrapper sent from the Lighthouse Keeper at Lismore island (Scottish Inner Hebrides) tied by neat Oban orange-red Maltese Cross

1840 1d Black pl.2 EE, fine to very good margins, on 1840 (Sep 3) wrapper sent from the Lighthouse Keeper at Lismore island (Scottish Inner Hebrides) to Robert Stevenson / Engineer for the Northern Lighthouses (grandfather of Robert Louis Stevenson), tied by neat Oban orange-red Maltese Cross, reverse with despatch and arrival ds, part of contents still intact, a most unusual origin, a great item for the Scottish postal historian.