Great Britain 1840 2d blue, multiple use on cover, SG 5 Scotland stamps each stamp neatly cancelled on

each stamp neatly cancelled on arrival in London by a "40" numeral

well centred example printed by Bradbury Wilkinson overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 32

By the end of the 1930s

840 (28 years ago

James Cagney

Great Britain 1840 2d blue, multiple use on cover, SG 5 Scotland stamps each stamp neatly cancelled onGreat Britain 1840 2d blue, multiple use on cover, SG 5. A stunning quality and unique letter from London to Pau in France dated November 24th 1841. It is the only known example of the ten pence rate up to half an ounce fully prepaid. The cover includes a 2d blue pair FH FI and a strip of three GG GI, tied by black Maltese Crosses. The cover was sent via Calais and Paris, unusually showing oval framed PF (Paid to Frontier) rather than the more usual