HOUSE OF LORDS 1d RED ENVELOPE (LINE UNDERNEATH) USED TO CAM...

Hammer

£1,700

HOUSE OF LORDS 1d RED ENVELOPE (LINE UNDERNEATH) USED TO CAMBRIDGE; 6 Apr. 1840 usage of the EHL3ad 1d Red "To be posted at the HOUSE OF LORDS only./Post Paid. - ONE PENNY. - Weight not to exceed ½oz." envelope (address with central stain from wax on back of next cover when stored in a bundle) with line beneath inscription (no wmk.) from London to Arrington (near Cambridge) with partly fine red London crowned Official Paid mail cds, signed "Hardwicke" (to his wife). Rare; Huggins/Klempka records only 54 examples including this one.]Cross Reference: PARLIAMENTARY MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY, Q.V.