Description
Great Britain 1840 1d Black Plate 1b, SG2.
A very fine entire penny black cover sent from Manchester to Wigtown bearing a good to large four margin example lettered NB neatly tied by a red Maltese Cross, endorsed at top left in manuscript 'MISSENT TO' with a Wigton circular dated stamp alongside for AU.13.1840. Backstamped by a Manchester dispatch circular date stamp for AU.12.1840.
A most attractive and unusual cover bearing the world's first postage stamp.