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

May 19: 1 d. intense black, plate 1a, lettered QJ, remarkably fresh and with very good balanced margins, tied to large part wrapper to Edinburgh by red Maltese Cross, reverse with Lombard Street despatch (19 May, 1840) and May 21 c.d.s. receiver, vertical filing folds well clear of adhesive, a scarce May date usage to Scotland Gi AS1th = £2,500.