Lot 414
GB Penny Black stamp. Plate 2. A superb example lettered HA used on large piece. The stamp is cancelled with a deep red Maltese cross and the piece bears a Wigan C.D.S. for MY.20.1840 in the same colour. An attractive item of early usage. Scarce. SG 2 Used. 9.01. 178.24221 A, as purchased from Stanley Gibbons in 1978  £100-150