cover 1d. letter sheet, stereo obscured, used to Ashby de la Zouch dated 20 September 1840, cancelled by pinkish red Maltese Cross with handstruck script type "Too Late" at left and Burton on Trent backstamp in the same colour (the Too Late mark only recorded in black and magenta); clean vertical fold does not detract. Photo | Christie's

Lot 2136

2136

cover 1d. letter sheet, stereo obscured, used to Ashby de la Zouch dated 20 September 1840, cancelled by pinkish red Maltese Cross with handstruck script type "Too Late" at left and Burton on Trent backstamp in the same colour (the Too Late mark only recorded in black and magenta); clean vertical fold does not detract. Photo

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cover 1d. letter sheet, stereo obscured, used to Ashby de la Zouch dated 20 September 1840, cancelled by pinkish red Maltese Cross with handstruck script type "Too Late" at left and Burton on Trent backstamp in the same colour (the Too Late mark only recorded in black and magenta); clean vertical fold does not detract. Photo