Los-Nr. 1528

1841, Queen Victoria 2 d. blue, Plate 4, horizontal pair (LH-LI) and strip of three (KA-KC), mostly large to very large margins, just touched at places, together with 1 s. green (die W.W.1), frame line touched at top and cut into at bottom, neatly tied by barred numeral “723” SOUTHAMPTON to 1 d. pink Postal Stationery envelope to Giessen, transit and arrival on reverse, the envelope with slight water staining and vertical crease, otherwise fine. The sender Michael Thomas Bass was a politician and leader of the largest brewery in the world and best known brand of beer in England, the addressee Baron Liebig a famous German chemist.