Lot 70062 – 1841 1d Red pl.5 EK, fine to very good margins, on 1842 (Oct 7) entire from London to FRANCE

1841 1d Red pl.5 EK, fine to very good margins, on 1842 (Oct 7) entire from London to FRANCE, placed centrally at top (contrary to regulations) and tied by a crisp black Maltese Cross, with ms « 10 » for postage to Calais and « 14 » for Calais to Lyon, with « P-D » and « PAID » ds, reverse with London F.B.O. and Paris cds, Lyon arrival on front, a very attractive and very scarce usage on foreign mail, cert. RPS (2004).