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

2d. blue, plate 1, lettered DB, good to large margins all around, tied to folded cover by Maltese Cross of Haddington in brown, Haddington despatch cancellation in matching ink (31 October, 1840), to Edinburgh, with same-day c.d.s. on reverse, a remarkably fresh example of this rare coloured cancellation, thought to be the only existing example on cover with this combination. Cert BPA (1994). Gi. AS5uh = £25,000.