{"product_id":"great-britain-1840-1d-mulready-envelope-forme-1-stereo-a133-sg-me2-24","title":"Great Britain 1840 1d Mulready Envelope Forme 1, Stereo A133, SGME2","description":"\u003cp\u003eGreat Britain 1840 1d Mulready Envelope Forme 1, Stereo A133, SGME2.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA very fine used example sent from Frome to Halstead, neatly cancelled by a red Maltese Cross with a black boxed \"No. 2\" handstamp alongside and a diamond magenta Free Trade propaganda wafer at lower left endorsed \"Thanks for Cheap postage. May we soon get cheap bread. Free communication with all parts of the Empire is good: but free trade with all parts of the World will be still better.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBackstamped by a Frome dispatch circular date stamp for \"AU.21.1840.\" and a London transit circular date stamp for the following day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA very rare Mulready bearing a Free Trade propaganda wafer on the front of the envelope as they were generally used as seals on the reverse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA fascinating contemporary connection between two of the great reform movements of Victorian Britain: Uniform Penny Postage and the campaign for repeal of the Corn Laws and free trade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: Ex \"Mayflower\" \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrand Prix Gold Medal Collection\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccompanied with a 2010 British Philatelic Association (BPA) Certificate of Authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul Fraser Collectibles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45510383141089,"sku":"P13409504","price":900.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1645\/0221\/files\/ConvertOut-Resized-RS4797.jpg?v=1721233368","url":"https:\/\/www.paulfrasercollectibles.com\/products\/great-britain-1840-1d-mulready-envelope-forme-1-stereo-a133-sg-me2-24","provider":"Paul Fraser Collectibles","version":"1.0","type":"link"}