cover Postal Stationery Queen Victoria selection, comprising 1841 1d. pink and 2d. blue envelopes, 1d. pink lettersheets (2, one being folded), all on silk-thread paper and with large red "SPECIMEN" handstamps, later types on paper without silk-threads 1d. pink and 2d. blue envelope (cream paper) proofs, 1d. pink handstamped "SPECIMEN" and 2d. blue proof envelope (both on blued paper); good to fine. Also faulty 1840 1d. on piece and 1841 1d. on entire, being poorly cut and stated to be examples of early mechanical separation