Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

1840: 2 d. blue, Plate 2, lettered QJ-QL / RK-RL, an irregular block of five with close (QJ) to large margins all round, of fine fresh colour, tied to 1842 cover from Norwich to Saxmundham by five strikes of the Maltese Cross in black. The cover with ironed file fold through the block and the somewhat heavy cancellation fingerprint marks reduced on QJ-QK, stamp QL showing the re-entry at top. Reverse with italic "Too Late" in black and fine "Norwich" double arc cds (Jan 22) alongside Saxmundham cds (Jan 24). Rare - the third largest block from Plate 2 recorded on cover in the Karl Louis Card Index.
Provenance: Collection Bertram McGowan RDP, RL, London, 21 April 1948, lot 243; RL, London, 8 July 1959, lot 255.