Great Britain 1858 1d pale rose, SG39.
A superb used example lettered "HG", beautifully tied to a clean entire letter by a crisp London code A duplex addressed to the Sub-Manager of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Glasgow.
Pearson Hill experimental machine cancel for "JA.22.1858" with a second strike perfectly offset on reverse.
A very rare Queen Victorian cover in such fine quality.
An attractive commercial usage addressed to one of the Victorian era's most important shipping companies. By the late 1850s P&O was the principal carrier of Britain's overseas mail to the East.
