Lot 6
1840, Mulready Lettersheet 1 d. black used with clear red Maltese Cross and showing on reverse clear dispatch mark "BATH MY 6 1840" (beautiful upright strike when upper flap opened for display), addressed to Great Campden House in Kensington. A beautiful and very fine Mulready of the first day of issue, certificate K.-A. Louis BPP (2013) Note: The address 'Campden House, Kensington' was reknown as 'Queen Anne's Palace' since Anne, Princess of Denmark, resided with her son, William Duke of Gloucester in Campden House from 1692 for some years. Later Campden House was used as a boarding school for ladies until it was almost entirely destroyed by a fire on March 23, 1862 Provenance: 'Yates' Collection (Robson Lowe 1949) 'Minimus' Collection (Robson Lowe 1980)
