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

1852, 1 d. red, plate 132, lettered OA, die I, alphabet II, imperf., used on Registered cover, combined with 1858 2 d. blue, plate 8, vertical strip of three, lettered DK-FK, perf. 14, large crown, sent from Falmouth to St. Columb (Cornwall), dated 7 January 1860, tied by "290" duplex, to reverse Bodmin transit dated same day and arrival 8 January 1860, the strip of three paying the registration fee on a 1 d. rate, penny red has three margins with irregular right side, ironed out horizontal filing crease which runs through 2 d. EK, otherwise fine; the unique recorded mixed-franking of the 1858, 'plate number' issue 2 d. perf. with the imperf. 1841, 1 d.; an important mixed-franking cover of the line engraved issues.rnReference: "Mixed-Franking Covers", by R.C. Simpson & K. Louis, MJ Publications, 2020, illustrated page 66 and recorded page 74. rnProvenance: John O. Griffiths collection, Christies 27 June 1985, lot 4349rnGraut collection, Spink 25 September 2003, lot 2145rnLady Mairi Bury Collection, Sothebys, 24 November 2010, lot 1127.