c1850 PRIVATE ESSAY FOR 1d PINK MOURNING ENVELOPES - unused 1d pink essay of the type privately submitted for approval but denied by the PO; typical black border has been printed (after embossing) on an EP8b die 82ww env. plus black elephant head seal on the flap. Rare. (Image)

RANGE ON LEAVES inc. 1877 1¼d PC used to Paris, v.scarce 1891 1d Pink the form of a Patent Advertising Lettersheet used to Hull ex Scotland, 1884/90 2d QV reg. envs. to Germany uprated 1d Lilac (5) or 5d Jubilee, 1896/99 1d PCs used to Amsterdam, Rotterdam or Hamburg, 1906 KEVII 1d embossed env. to Russia uprated 1d + ½d and taxed, 1907/09 KEVII 1d + 4d embossing compounds ex London to Germany with printed 'REGISTERED' on front and several others. (26 items) Cross Reference: ADVERTISING COVERS, REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY, K.E.VII, POSTAGE DUE MARKS (Image)