NUMBER 2 ON ALBINO 1d PINK & NUMBER 12 ON SUNDAY COVER - Oct. 1843 1d pink (albino print: embossed only without pink ink, filing creases) to Maidstone cancelled with very fine strike of the No. 2 MX; and 4 June 1843 env. franked with three margin 1d red tied by No. 12 MX (unusual on a single 1d) and with red scalloped SUN[day] and BASINGSTOKE cds alongside and ringed red 'C' on the back for Charing Cross Sunday mail. Attractive and unusual uses. (2) Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, Q.V., 1841 1d REDS (Image)

SCARCE NUMBER 4 - THE LAST DAY - 16 May 1844 legal-size E (partly split, creases) to Henley franked by 1d red strip of three, RH-RJ plate 40 each stamp with three margins, apparently paying the 1oz rate plus late fee (or possibly a 2oz rate with a missing stamp?), tied by No. 4 MXs. The only known example of the last day for this scarcest numbered cross. Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS (Image)

NUMBERS 6 & 7 - THE LAST DAY - 16 May 1844 E to East Grinstead with four margin 1d red (surface damage) cancelled with No. 6 MX and London cds across the flap; and 16 May 1844 part E (front and one flap) to South Molton franked with three margin 1d red tied by fine No. 7 MX and Charing Cross ds on the back. Rare last day uses. (2) Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

NUMBERS 10 & 11 - ON REDIRECTED COVERS IN THE LAST MONTH - 10 May 1844 env. to Limerick with three margin 1d red tied by No. 10 in MX then redirected to Dublin unpaid, and 14 May 1844 EL to Newcastle [on Tyne] with three margin 1d red cancelled with No. 11 in MX then redirected to Darlington with "Long Benton/Penny Post" and "Too Late" paid "1" in cash. Interesting duo, late in the numbered cross period. (2)Cross Reference: REDIRECTED AND TURNED MAIL, DURHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND, LIMERICK (Image)