1840: 2 d. blue, Plate 2, lettered QJ-QL / RK-RL, an irregular
block of five with close (QJ) to large margins all round, of fine
fresh
1840: 2 d. blue, Plate 2, lettered QJ-QL / RK-RL, an irregular
block of five with close (QJ) to large margins all round, of fine
fresh colour, tied to 1842 cover from Norwich to Saxmundham by five
strikes of the Maltese Cross in black. The cover with ironed file
fold through the block and the somewhat heavy cancellation
fingerprint marks reduced on QJ-QK, stamp QL showing the re-entry
at top. Reverse with italic "Too Late" in black and fine "Norwich"
double arc cds (Jan 22) alongside Saxmundham cds (Jan 24). Rare -
the third largest block from Plate 2 recorded on cover in the Karl
Louis Card Index. Provenance: Collection Bertram McGowan RDP, RL,
London, 21 April 1948, lot 243; RL, London, 8 July 1959, lot 255
