Great Britain 1840 1d Mulready envelope, Forme 3, Stereo A170, SGME1.
An exceptionally fine used, contemporarily hand coloured, example sent from Wingham (Kent) to Lydd vicarage, cancelled by a perfectly struck bright red Maltese Cross with a handstruck ’No. 1’ below.
Backstamped with a crisp Wingham dispatch circular date stamp for 'MY. 15.1840'.
A beautiful exhibition piece from the first month of usage.
