£220 - £300
1d BLACK WITH ORANGE-VERMILION MX ON PRINTED MATTER "BRISTOL MISSIONARY SOCIETY" COVER; Attractive 17th Sept. 1840 EL (printed circular ref. a week's Chapel services) franked by a Plate 7 1d Black (AC; 4 clear to wide margins) tied by a heavy but rare Orange-Vermilion Maltese Cross, matching the fine "BRISTOL cds on the top flap. Unusual example of printed matter sent with a 1d Black and of Exhibition quality. [Ex Ian Warn; also ex Ivor Green, Cavendish May 2002 auction, lot 734, realised £320+BP.] [Illustrated - both sides - in BPPP, p.341.] Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS, BRISTOL
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