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

1841, 2 d. blue, plate 4, lettered LL, imperf., three margins, used on cover in combination with 1854 1 d. red, plate 167, lettered OE, perf 16 and embossed 1847, 1 s. green, vertical pair, sent from Stalybridge to Rangoon (Burma), dated 23 March 1854, tied by "502" English numeral, endorsed 'via Marseille', a 2 s. 3d rate, arrival datestamp to reverse dated (?) May 1854, with transit in Calcutta which looks to be 16 May, horizontal filing crease clear of stamps, toned wrapper, the embossed are close to touching and one has a tear into left side, very scarce, the earliest recorded with such a combination, one of only ten covers with imperf./perf. stamps, attractive tri-colour mixed-franking to an unusual destination.rnReference: "Mixed-Franking Covers", by R.C. Simpson & K. Louis, MJ Publications, 2020, illustrated page 69 and recorded page 76.