GB 1840 SG2/7 Pl.4+9 Penny Black cds at right for JA

cds at right for JA

one of only 22 possible examples

the last victim of Dr William Palmer the "Rugeley Poisoner"

1840 2d Pale blue Pl

GB 1840 SG2/7 Pl.4+9 Penny Black cds at right for JA1840 41 1d Black Pl. 4 & 1d Red brown Pl. 9. Very fine matched pair of covers from the same Greenock correspondence addressed to London. The earlier prepaid by a four margin 1d black Pl. 4, tied by a crisp strike in red of the original Greenock MC, Greenock and London datestamps for AU. 19+21. 1840 on reverse. The later cover prepaid by a four margin 1d red brown Pl. 9 tied by a very fine strike of the Greenock distinctive MC in black. Greenock and