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

1841, 2 d. blue plate 4, lettered QH-QK, strip of four, imperf., four margins, used on cover in combination with 1854, 1 d. red, plate 164, lettered EH, perf. 16., from Cheam to Göttingen (Kingdom of Hannover), dated 5 May 1854, tied by London Inland "13", with perf. additionally tied by German Franco entry mark in red dated 6 May 1854, oval "P." alongside, with arrival on reverse in blue dated 7 May, there is also an undated Cheam (South London) circular in blue, envelope was originally folded through bottom half of the strip of four and has been opened up for display, there is a horizontal crease through the 1 d., very scarce 8d rate plus 1d Late Fee mixed-franking cover.rnReference: "Mixed-Franking Covers", by R.C. Simpson & K. Louis, MJ Publications, 2020, illustrated page 69 and recorded page 76.