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

1870: 1½ d. rose-red, plate 3, in combination with 1880 ½ d. deep green and 1887 ½ d. vermilion, used on a 2 d. blue registered stationery envelope, sent from London to Stockholm, Sweden, dated 24 March 1891, tied by London registered 'W.C.D.O.' cds in black, with a Gt. Russell St. cds alongside also in black. To reverse an arrival small single circle in black (27 March 1891). very fine and rare even if philatelic (Heinrich Lichtenstein was a stamp daler). Comes with three other covers, all neatly mounted and written-up on album pages including an 1870 1½ d. used in combination with an 1881 1 d. venetian red, as well as two cover with 1870 ½ d. rose used in combination with surface printed issues, one on a stationery 1 d. pink envelope. Rare group (4).
Reference: Great Britain Victorian Mixed Franking Covers, by Ray Simpson & Karl Louis, first cover illustrated pg. 183 (fig. 275). Also one of the other covers is illustrated on pg. 204 (fig.310).