Advert Description
1849, plate 4, Two Pence (2d.) Blue stamp lettered BB (Stanley Gibbons code SG14).
From the set of stamps printed between 1841-53 (plate numbers 3 & 4), this type E1, imperforate, die I, alphabet I, Small Crown watermarked example was printed using plate 4 which was finished on 29/11/1849 and was put to press early the following month. The imprimateur sheet was dated 06/12/1849.
This is a used, good example cancelled / obliterated by a black, Provincial Town, 1844-type, England and Wales postmark and is made available exclusive of the cost of postage and packaging which will be as follows:
Packaging (small Jiffy bag): £0.14; and
Postage - Royal Mail 'UK Signed' 1st class service for Large Letter up to and including 100g: £3.45; or
Postage - Royal Mail 'UK Signed' 2nd class service for Large Letter up to and including 100g: £3.05.
Should they also be of interest, economies of scale may be made on the cost of packaging and postage of the following other stamps that are available for sale (see adverts for these on this website).
