1837 – 1901, her reign introduced the first postage stamp pioneered by Sir Rowland Hill. The Penny Black was issued on the 6th May 1840.
1840 1d. Mulready, used locally in London, superb strike of experimental black maltese cross.
£550.00
1840 Mulready Caricature Southgate, “Pick Pocket”, used from Oxford to Taunton via London.
£3,750.00
1840 One penny Mulready, cancelled with an orange red maltese cross, Liverpool to Harrogate.
£750.00
1842 1d. Pink envelope to Chipping Norton, crisply cancelled with the CLITHEROE maltese cross.
£275.00
1842 1d. Pink. Maltese cross used as an “obliterator” to cancel out a wrong cds on reverse.
£1,100.00
