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

1d. black, plate 6, lettered NK, chiefly good to large margins all around, clear at lower left, tied to folded entire by superbly-struck Maltese Cross in black, equally crisp "Charing Cross" straight-line adjacent, sent within London to Lincoln`s Inn, with red arrival backstamp (12 November, 1840) confirming use within the experimental period in London where blank ink was being used for Maltese Cross cancellations, light horizontal filing fold, a tremendously fresh and attractive entire. Gi. AS41.