1840 (5 May) Mulready letter sheet (Forme 2, stereo A30) addressed to "Her Majestys Board of Commissioners for Stamp Duties, Somerset House, London" posted one day prior to the first Official day of usage, rated "1" for prepayment in cash with red London "Paid" date stamp for MY.5.1840 and "T.P. /King William St." receiving office hs, with the interior prepared as an essay for printed advertisers, mocked-up using contemporary company advertisements and inscribed at lower right "The above slips are promiscuously taken to show the outline of what the system will be in all probability soon become if generally adopted. The print must be supposed imprinted on the cover itself.", an extraordinary item of major philatelic importance, ex "Wills", Grunin and "Mayflower", cert BPA (1989). Note: Illustrated in the Stanley Gibbons Queen Victoria Volume 1 Part 1 on p.30. (Image)

1840 (May 13) 1d black Mulready lettersheet, stereo A2, sent to Wigan, cancelled by a very fine Warrington red Maltese Cross, in a vivid red shade, soiling, tear top, creasing in parts and rubs front, scarce early used and attractive cancel (S.G. £1'200). (Image)

1840 (May 22) 1d black Mulready lettersheet (A67), used locally within Edinburgh, cancelled by an orange Maltese Cross, some soiling, two vertical creases, worn around the edges, good early use with attractively vibrant cancel (S.G. £1200). (Image)

1840 (Jun 7) 1d Mulready lettersheet (A27) sent to Warwick, cancelled by a fine upright Leicester Maltese Cross in orange, with dispatch on reverse in same colour, vertical and horizontal filing creases, rubbed centrally, wrinkled and soiled, but early provisional use. (Image)

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1841 (Mar 5) 1d Mulready wrapper sent locally in London to Sir Frederic Madden at the British Museum (who studied historic writing systems and the deciphering and dating of historical manuscripts), neatly cancelled by a "broken points" London MC in black, reverse with Edmonton and London ds, fine. (Image)

1841 (Apr 5) 1d Mulready envelope (forme 3, stereo A161) from Limerick to Newcastle, neatly cancelled by a fine strike of the distinctive Limerick Maltese Cross in black, the reverse showing an arrival cds for the following day with an unusual error where the "N" of Newcastle is reversed, very rare with only one other Mulready recorded with this cancel by Rockoff and Jackson, cert. RPS (2013). (Image)

1843 (Aug 10) 1d Mulready lettersheet, form 3 stereo A54, sent from London to Knaresborough and neatly cancelled by a superb strike of a London "8" in MC, reverse with despatch and arrival cds, light filing folds nevertheless a very presentable example of this scarce cancellation, ex "Mayflower", cert. BPA (2010) (SG Spec. ME1g, £2'250). (Image)

1843 (Aug 28) 1d black Mulready lettersheet, sent to London from Newcastle Under Lyme, black Maltese Cross, with "More to Pay" instruction in black to front, indicating it was overweight, manuscript "2", some soiling and minor imperfection, rare mark on a Mulready. (Image)

1844 (May 20) 1d Mulready wrapper, stereo A2, sent from Gateshead to London with ms "OHMS" at top and sent to the Secretary of Stamps & Taxes, cancelled by 1844-type "309" numeral, reverse with despatch hand arrival bs, minor soiling and fold strengthened at top, fine and scarce official usage (S.G. £850). (Image)

1868 (Oct 10) 1d Mulready envelope from Worsley to Grasmere, Britannia uncancelled with Manchester transit cds at lower left and neatly endorsed alongside "2" postage due charge, a spectacular late usage of the Mulready, cert BPA (2008). (Image)

1840 1d Mulready lettersheet, Forme 1 stereo A8, sent locally from Shefford (Bedfordshire) to Ampthill cancelled solely by a red "Shefford / Penny Post" handstamp, extremely rare and only possible when mail was sent between two small villages without passing through a parent Post Office, very fine, cert BPA (2003). (Image)

1840 1d Mulready envelope sent to Peterborough, cancelled by a red Maltese Cross of Dorking, with undated circle of the same town, both in an attractive maroon shade, tear top centre, otherwise fine and most appealing. (Image)

1840 (May 12) 2d Mulready lettersheet, forme1, stereo a105, sent from Boston to Spalding and cancelled by neat red MC, no datestamps on reverse but dated internally for May 12th 1840, very fine and very rare "May Date", one of only two recorded 2d Mulreadys used on this date, ex "Mayflower".

1845 (Nov 24) 2d Mulready lettersheet front with POSTAGE flap, stereo a104, sent registered to Winchester, endorsed "Registered 29" in black and 1/- in red crayon denoting the registration fee paid in cash and confirmed by red London "PAID" tombstone datestamp, Britannia with several black ink dots but otherwise uncancelled, wax seal on front at right may indicate that this was used as a label on a larger package, has been re-backed for strength and there is some creasing, a very rare item, ex Alan Holyoake RDP FRPSL. (Image)

1846 (Mar 6) 2d Mulready lettersheet from London to Lyndhurst, neatly cancelled by a fine strike of the London "2" numeral with despatch and arrival ds on reverse, a fine and attractive late usage of the Mulready. (Image)

1841 (Nov 17) 2d Mulready envelope, stereo a210, sent locally in London, cancelled by a London "Broken Points" Maltese Cross, with "T.P. Charles St West" two line mark in blue, dispatch mark in red to back, some soiling, and faint vertical creases not obvious, scarce cover (S.G. £2'000). (Image)

1840 Southgate No. 5 Pickwick Caricature hand-painted front unused, some soiling, but rare and attractive. (Image)

1840 Southgate No. 2 Political Caricature envelope unused, some minor soiling, otherwise in fine condition. (Image)

1840 Fores's Comic Envelope No. 1 used front with "Store St." straight-line in black and an unused 1d black pl. 8 GB, three margins, fixed to the top right corner, stuck to page, some apparent creases and tears, soiling but scarce and appealing. (Image)

"Fores's Racing Envelope No.5", original unused envelope, fine and scarce. (Image)

1870 (Jun 30) Mulready caricature advertising the famous French stamp dealer Arthur Maury (house founded in 1860), showing the dealer himself as Britannia, sending letters around the world at top and women and children collecting stamps in the lower two images, sent registered from Paris to Munich (only a few months before the Franco-Prussian war) with registration cachet, "CHARGÉ" and "P.D." hs in red, Paris despatch adjacent, reverse with transits and Munich arrival, the postage could have been paid by stamps that have fallen off or by cash, some imperfections, a highly attractive and extremely rare early stamp dealers mail. (Image)