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

1840, Mulready, 1d. black letter sheet, stereo A26, a late usage to J.W. Palmer at 281 Strand, struck with London squared circle (11 March, 1886), originally not accepted and struck with "2" charge mark, crossed-out and endorsed in manuscript "Charged in error. The stamp envelope being genuine. F.H. Postmaster W.C. District", reverse with two London W.C. c.d.s. (11 March), the odd toning spot, a rare and most appealing usage.rnrnTwo comparable letter sheets, one 1d. back and one 2d. blue, reside in the R.M. Phillips Collection of the Postal Museum.(Vol. II, Page 29). The addressee, Joseph W. Palmer, was a London stamp dealer, famed for his "Chamber of Philatelic Horrors", the walls of an entire room being papered with forgeries.