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

1850, 1 d. red, plate 97, lettered QE, Archer Perf. 16, used on cover, tied by London Inland cancel sent to Usk, dated 17 March 1854, the Archer perforations on this example being distinctive and exhibiting the pattern known to derive from the Wilkinson Punch Set, Side 1; which is consistent with the Archer Perforating Machine Plain Paper Trial sheet held in the German Postal Museum Archive; cover has a horizontal filing crease not affecting stamp, which is a fine and attractive example with clear profile.  SG16b = £2'100.