The One
The One
The 2nd May 1840 Penny Black Cover
The Birth of Modern Communication
Auction Closed
February 2, 03:31 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500,000 - 2,500,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
GREAT BRITAIN, 1840 1d Black, Plate 1a, lettered H I, tied by red double line (evening) May 2 1840 “A” London tombstone date stamp and one of two red “1” hand stamps on reverse of — 1d Mulready letter-sheet, stereo A64, addressed to Wm Blenkinsop Esquire, B(edlington) I(ron) Works, Bedlington, Nr. Morpeth – prepaid.
Turned and resent as Mulready with black Morpeth May 4 1840 circular date stamp and red manuscript “1” addressed to Mr. Blenkinsop, Dalston, Carlisle – prepaid.
William Blenkinsop Esquire (recipient)
Robson Lowe, London, 27 April 1960, lot 32
Phillips Son and Neale, London, 3 November 1988, lot 224
Harmer Auctions SA, Lugano, Switzerland, 23 March 1991, lot 1
Private European Collection
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian National Postal Museum, May 2, 1840 Penny Black Cover; The Genesis of Philately, May 2014