1841 2d blue, a fine selection of Maltese cross usages comprising singles (13) in mostly fine condition with good strikes of the black cross, strip of four lettered MC-MF, pair cancelled by 4 in cross and a block of 8, with some small faults as to be expected, each neatly cancelled by a good strike of the 12 in cross; an attractive and scarce group. (Image)

1841 2d blue, a fine selection of numeral cancel usages comprising singles (13) in mostly fine condition with good strikes, Pairs (2) strip of five lettered EE-EI, block of four lettered FI-GJ tied to piece and a block of eight lettered SE-TH, an attractive group. (Image)

1841 2d blue pl.3 CH/DI block of four, just touched at lower right otherwise fine to good margins, with London "12" in Maltese Cross with top right corner of the block folded over before it was cancelled so the postmark in on the back, most unusual. (Image)

1841 2d Blue pl.3 DC, fine to good margins, cancelled by superb Mullingar (Ireland) Maltese Cross, very fine and very rare; cert. RPS (1961) (S.G. £12'000), ex Nissen. (Image)

1841 2d blue pl.3 DH, large margins, neatly tied to small piece by a fine strike of the number "7" in Maltese cross, very fine and attractive. (Image)

1841 2d. blue, Pl. 3, FA-GD marginal inscriptional block of eight from the left of the sheet, superb mint NH, overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 1, good to large margins on other sides, a stunning multiple of rich fresh colour; with out doubt an exhibition show piece. Cat. from £44,000 as singles (Image)

1841 2d. blue, Pl. 3, PI, large balanced margins all round, superbly cancelled by a red Maltese cross in dark red; an exceptional example of this major rarity. Cert R.P.S. (2003) (Image)

1841 2d Blue, pl.3, QL and QK, neatly tied to small piece by good strikes of the distinctive York Maltese crosses in black; rare. Cert R.P.S. (1989). (Image)

1841 2d blue pl.4 HC, good margins, cancelled by crisp Maltese Cross, very rare on this plate which wasn't printed until December 1849, tiny tear in the margin at bottom right, cert. RPS (2011). (Image)

1844 (May 25) OHMS wrapper sent to Galway with "Crown Solicitor / Province of Connaught" wax seal on reverse, with 1841 2d blue pl.3, with tight to good margins, neatly cancelled by the Dublin distinctive Maltese Cross, Galway blue arrival below, reverse with Dublin diamond ds, a highly attractive usage in Ireland, cert. PTS (2012) (S.G. Spec.E1ue, £1'700). (Image)

1845 (Mar 4) entire letter from Totteridge to Belgium, bearing 1841 2d blue horizontal strip of four, pair and two singles, neatly cancelled by good strikes of the "15" numeral cancel, interesting content in the letter of how the sender had struggled to forward a previous letter to the recipient demonstrating the difficulty of sending mail overseas, a very rare cover. (Image)

1846 (Sep 18) entire letter from Greenock to Bombay, bearing 1841 2d blue horizontal strip of six pl.4 LG-LL (large margins just clear in one spot below LH), lightly cancelled by Scots local numeral type cancel in black, sent via route 1s per oz. Southampton to Alexandria, overland to Suez, then P&O steamer on the Calcutta service via Aden, Ceylon and Madras, a superb and rare cover. (Image)

1849 (May 9) entire letter from London to Cardiff, bearing an irregular block of five 1841 2d blue pl.3, with an additional 1841 1d red-brown "completing the block of 6", each cancelled by a "9" in oval of bars cancel in black; an attractive mixed franking; cert. Brandon (2000). (Image)