1847/1848: Fantastic pair of Lady McLeod covers:• May 29th, 1847: Folded letter with complete content from San Fernando to Port of Spain, franked with private ship's mail stamp «LADY McLEOD» with crossed pen cancellation as usual. Currently are 35 Lady McLeod covers known- this is No. "C 9" of the registered envelopes. The adhesive has full margins on three sides, only the upper margin is cut on the frame line. The stamp shows a plate flaw which wasn't noticed up to now: On the normal stamp the border line opposite of "L" from "Lady" is broken. This plate flaw shows a strong blue bar between the "L" and the broken frame line. Additionally, the "L" has a small angle hook. There is a second piece with this major plate flaw traceable on the unused copy in the Tapling collection of the British Library (No. "C 39" of the register). The cover was exhibited at NABA 1984 and at Basler Taube 1995; ex collection Dr. Ernst Schlunegger.• May 5th, 1 (Image)