Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

1841: 2 d. blue, plate 3, lettered TA, a used corner sheet margin example, huge right hand margin with portion of adjoining stamp, shaved at top, showing Plate Number "3" and imprint "PRICE 2d. Per Labe(l)", on cover from London to Birmingham cancelled by London '12' numeral obliterator in black. A unique and spectacular cover, the only 2d plate 3 plate number corner marginal used on cover recorded in the Karl Louis card index. Certificate BPA (1998).
Provenance: Robson Lowe, 10. Feb. 1970, lot 146; Spink, 10.Jun. 1998, lot 1351; Collection 'Great Britain The Line Engraved Issus 1840–1870', The Åke Rietz Collection, Corinphila 7 June 2023.