Description
Great Britain 1844 1d Mulready Lettersheet (Forme 1 Stereo A14) SG ME1var. A very fine used with Atlas Assurance Company advert within (MA103i) cancelled contrary to regulations with a London City 6 numeral struck clear of Britannia and addressed to Market Harborough.Backstamped by Lombard Street dispatch circular date stamp dated MY.27.1844 and a faint Market Harborough circular date stamp in red on the front for the following day.A particularly attractive and scarce late usage of the Mulready used during the first month of the new barred numeral cancellations which replaced the Maltese Cross in May 1844.
