£360
VERY RARE 1840 2d BLUE COVER WITH PRINTED CONTENTS - REF. "ROYAL MANCHESTER INSTITUTION" LECTURES; 25 June 1840 EL sent from "MANCHESTER" (fair red cds on top flap) to Bolton franked by a Plate 1 1840 2d Blue (ND; good to wide margins on 3 sides; shaved along LH side) tied by a very fine orange-red Manchester Maltese Cross. The fine printed contents consist of a syllabus of the upcoming R.M.I. Lecture series on "NATURAL HISTORY" along with a covering printed letter mentioning an enclosed ticket (not present). Presumably the printed card ticket took the weight above the half ounce and so the 2d rate was needed. We cannot recall having seen an 1840 2d Blue cover with printed contents before. [Illustrated in BPPP, pp.338/9.]Cross Reference: 1840 2d BLUES, LANCASHIRE - MANCHESTER
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