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

1841: 2 d. blue, plate 4, lettered TA, a used corner sheet margin example, large margins on three sides and shaved at right, showing Plate Number "4" and imprint "PRICE 2d. Per La(bel)", on cover from Edinburgh to Stirling tied by London '131' numeral obliterator in black. A rare and spectacular cover - the sole such recorded in the Karl Louis card index.
Provenance: Harmers, 15. May 1996; Spink, 10.Jun. 1998, lot 1360; Collection 'Great Britain The Line Engraved Issus 1840–1870', The Åke Rietz Collection, Corinphila 7 June 2023.