Lot 70184 – 1840 1d Black pl.5 QI, tied to 1840 (Feb 14) wrapper by two strikes of the distinctive Wotton-under-Edge Maltese Cross in black

Wotton-under-Edge: 1840 1d Black pl.5 QI, close to fine margins, tied to 1840 (Feb 14) wrapper from Wotton-under-Edge (Gloucestershire) to London by two strikes of the distinctive Wotton-under-Edge Maltese Cross in black, despatch and arrival bs, very fine and rare example of this distinctive MC, especially contrary to regulations with two strikes, illustrated in Alcock & Holland p.65, listed in R&J p.304, cert. RPS (1993).