Great Britain 1840 1d black, Plate 11, SG2 Music neatly cancelled by red Maltese

neatly cancelled by red Maltese Cross

neatly cancelled by a ‘Bright Red’ shade Maltese Cross

Rarely ever seen so fine

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Great Britain 1840 1d black, Plate 11, SG2 Music neatly cancelled by red MalteseGreat Britain 1840 1d black, Plate 11, SG2. A very fine used example with four good to large margins lettered HE, in the characteristic greyish black shade, cancelled by a black Maltese Cross. A good quality example of the holy grail of penny black collecting, the elusive last printing plate. Only 168,000 were printed from this plate, representing a mere fraction of the total number of penny blacks printed of 68 million. Very few have survived from