1840 1d Mulready envelope, Forme 2 stereo A153, sent from Mexico to Liverpool

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£40,000.00

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This item is part of the "Autumn Auction Sale 25" catalog.

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Start of the sale:
Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Item n°2421712266
Sale ends:
Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Lot:
#50010
Catalog:
Autumn Auction Sale 25
Estimated price:
between £40,000.00 and £50,000.00

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1840 (Dec 16) 1d Mulready envelope, Forme 2 stereo A153, sent from Vera Cruz, Mexico, to Liverpool via New York cancelled by a red oval handstamp of Gilpins Exchange - Reading Room and Foreign Letter Office - New York with a handstruck "8" (Robertson M65) alongside indicating an 8d charge as an incoming Ship Letter. Backstamped with a Vera Cruz dispatch cds for 16th December, a F.Karck of New York forwarding agents cachet and a "Liverpool / Ship Letter" handstamp (Robertson type S14). This famous Mulready remains the sole recorded example posted to the UK from outside Europe. An important and extremely attractive exhibition piece. Note: Illustrated on page 118 of the "Mulready Postal Stationery" by Alan Huggins and Alan Holyoake. Expertise: Cert. BPA (1998). Provenance: Grunin and "Mayflower".

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1840 1d Mulready envelope, Forme 2 stereo A153, sent from Mexico to Liverpool

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