Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 3

1854/56: Lot two covers and an unused stamp incl. UK 1854 6d. purple Embossed, a fresh cut-square example with vivid colour and good to full margins incl. parts of thr upper neighbouring adhesive in combination with 1854-57 2d. blue plate 4 (Gi 60+20), tied by London district '15' in diamond and bars handstamp, oval PD in red and French "ANGL. 30 SEPT. 56 AMB. CALAIS" entry cds alongside, on double rate cover to Paris, a correct and appealing franking to pay twice the 4d. rate to France in effect from January 1855, cert. RPSL (2023). Lot includes also Bermuda 1938/53 £ 1 pale purple & black on pale red, wmk. Multiple Crown CA, comb perf. 14, an unused example of rich colour, Row 2, stamp 5 (position 17) showing variety "Gash in Chin" (Gi 121bf = £ 2'250), fresh and fine, unmounted og. Also Mexico Morelia 1856 4 r. carmine, a horizontally bisected example, top half, used on 1860 entire letter to Mexico City to pay the 2 reales rate, tied by "FRANCO / MORELIA" circular datestamp (June 25) in black.