Auction 309-320 - Great Britain 1840–1841 Europe & Overseas - Day 5

1d. black, plate 2, three used singles, one pair, and one strip of three, lettered TF, CE, GI, IK-IL, and ND-NF, margins mostly ample to good, selected for postmark interest, with TE struck with Maltese Crosses in red and black, CE with Scottish numeral 139 of Falkirk, GI with red Maltese Cross and manuscript mark, the strip with bold Maltese Crosses in red and Totness double-arc, three tied to piece, some small faults, the pair with corner crease, an unusual group. Gi. AS14 = £4,000+rnProvenance: (CE with Scottish numeral 139 of Falkirk): Martin Townsend, December 2002 (£325).