GREENOCK - DISTINCTIVE MALTESE CROSS - superb strike on Mar. 1842 1d pink env. (opened flat) to Deal for 'passenger per Mary Bannatyne' with instructions it be returned to Greenock should she have sailed, endorsed 'sailed' and so returned & charged '1d' on the back; two other 1842 1d pinks to Ayr or Paisley similarly cancelled; 1843 E to Edin. with four margin 1d red tied by fine strike; plus 1841 1d red (4, mixed margins) inc. two with Greenock MX. (8 items)Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, QV, 1841 1d REDS, 1840s CANCELLATIONS (Image)