MULREADY to HELENSBURG. Letter arrived on June 15 1840. Cancelled by black Maltese Crosses. SUP. (Image)

ND-OF (OF constant variety), the magnificent block of six (3x2), good to large margins all round, original gum, ND thinned, vertical crease in the margin between the first and second vertical rows. A trifle discoloured, fine and extremely rare. Specialise AS73 £260.000 as pair and block of four. (Image)

1840. 1d. Intense Black. Wmk Small Crown. Imperf. Plate 1a. Horizontal pair lettered EE-EF (SG 1, Spec AS1). Unused with traces of original gum. Is genuine. (Image)

1840. 2d. Blue. Plate 1. Wmk. Small Crown. Imperf. Lettered A-L (SG Spec DS6). Top corner sheet marginal showing plate number '1' and part marginal inscription '...reful not to remove the Cement'. Unused without gum is genuine. But faults. (Image)

1840. 2d. blue. Plate 1. Lettered LA-LB. Mint part margin inscriptional pair from the left of the sheet. Ex Earl of Crawford, Praportchetovich, Dale-Lichtenstein and Lanterna Collection. (Image)

1840. 2d. Blue. Plate 1. Wmk. Small Crown. Imperf. Lettered I-B. Used and cancelled by a complete Orange - Red Maltese Crosses. Is genuined. (Image)

2d. deep full blue. Used. VF. (Image)

2d. blue. Red Maltese cross. Lettered T-J. Nice margins. SUP. (Image)

1840. 2d. Bright Blue. Plate 1. Wmk. Small Crown. Imperf. Horizontal strip of three lettered JA-JB-JC (SG Spec DS6A). Left marginal with part inscription '...ards the RIGHT HAN...'. Used and cancelled by Red Maltese Crosses. Is genuined. (Image)

1840. Envelope to ''Lady Louis, Malta'' franked with horizontal strip of 6. 1840. 2d. blue. Plate 1. Lettered P-A / P-F (SG#5), cancelled by red Maltese Crosses and by blue Hot Wells udc, backstamped BRISTOL 15.11.40 double-arc cds, is genuine. (Image)

1840. 2d. blue Mulready envelope, Stereo A202 (SG Spec ME4), to East India, franked with 2 horizontal pairs and single 1840 2d. blue. Plate one, lettered D-G, D-H and C-I, C-J and single lettered D-J (SG#5) cover and adhésives cancelled by red Maltese Crosses, backstamped Bristol 1.10.40 cds, Bombay. Cawnpore and AGRA datestamps. 1998 BPA certificate. (Image)

2p. deep blue. Letter Q-G. F. (Image)

2p. blue. Plate 14. VF. (Image)

1sh. pale green. Cancellation on the left. VF. (Image)

1sh. green. ''878'' cancellation. VF. (Image)

10d. brown. Plate 4. SUP. RRR. (Image)

6d. mauve. Used. VF. (Image)

6d. dull lilac. Light cancellation. SUP. (Image)

4p. carmine. VF. (Image)

Set of 4 stamps of the 3 values of no corner letters. SUP. (Image)

3p. rose. VF. (Image)

6p. lilac. F. (Image)

9p. straw. F. (Image)

6p. lilac. F. (Image)

9p. straw. F. (Image)