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

1d. red-brown, plate 9, horizontal pair, lettered HK-HL, three good to large margins, including sheet margin at right showing partial "...Per Sheet Plac..." inscription, touching at places at foot, cancelled with two strikes of black Maltese Cross, fresh colour, a scarce marginal pair. Gi. AS59 = £475+rnRemark: This pair HK-HL and a single TE are the only sheet marginal used 1d red, plate 9, recorded in the Karl Louis Card Index.