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Unused 1840 Mulready To-Be-Folded Envelope

Currency:USD Category:Stamps / Commonwealth/ British Colonial Start Price:120.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Unused 1840 Mulready To-Be-Folded Envelope
SOLD
240.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2021 May 26 @ 18:50UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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England. Unused 1840 Mulready to-be-folded envelope, 1 Penny Postage with illustration - In very nice high grade condition with 4 tiny pinholes by the folds and hinge remnants. Unused Mulready (A26) to-be-folded envelope. Illustrated cover has postage rates printed with instructions, including colonial mailing instructions. measures approximately 22 x 20 cms. Mulready stationery describes the postal stationery letter sheets and envelopes that were introduced as part of the British Post Office postal reforms of 1840. They went on sale on 1 May 1840, and were valid for use from 6 May. The Mulready name arises from the fact that William Mulready, a well-known artist of the time, was commissioned to illustrate the part of the letter sheets and envelopes which corresponded with the face area.