141774 1841 1D MULREADY 'EDINBURGH ENVELOPE ADVERTISER' 'No.VI DECEMBER 30 1840' (MA7zf) VERY FINE USED EDINBURGH TO SELKIRK.

1841 1D MULREADY 'EDINBURGH ENVELOPE ADVERTISER' 'No.VI DECEMBER 30 1840' (MA7zf) VERY FINE USED EDINBURGH TO SELKIRK. Very fine used 1d Mulready wrapper, stereo A239, from Edinburgh to 'Mrs Muria Phillips, Housekeeper, Bowhill house, Selkirk' with very fine strike red Maltese cross of Edinburgh and on reverse Edinburgh date stamp JAN 25 1841. Within very fine printed advert 'EDINBURGH ENVELOPE ADVERTISER' 'No.VI. DECEMBER 30, 1840', at upper right 'P.2.' and upper left 'Edinburgh Life Assurance Company' (Spec MA7zf). Advert details: 'Edinburgh Life Assurance Company' with 'SPECIMEN OF TABLES FOR ASSURING £100 ON A SINGLE LIFE'; 'AN ENLARGED GAZETTEER of SCOTLAND containing the Latest Information...Illustrated with Maps and other engravings...'; 'New and Second-Hand Plate, MACKAY AND CHISHOLM...Large Assortment of NEW AND SECOND-HAND SILVER TEA SETS, COFFEE POTS, KETTLES, WAITERS...CURIOUS PROPERTY...CHAIRS, MARQUETRY CABINETS...'; 'Splendid New Year's Presents...SCOTT'S BIBLE...Henry's Bible...Brown's Bible...Cruden's Concordence...'; 'FURS IN BOAS, MUFFS, CAPES, SHAWLS ETC IN VELVET, SILK, LUSTRE, ORLEANS AND TARTAN...FASHIONABLE WINTER GOODS...BONNET SILKS AND PLUSHES...WELSH AND LANCASHIRE FLANNELS...FRENCH LACES...'; 'NEW ASSOCIATION For the Promotion of Fine Arts in Scotland. Under the Direct Patronage of HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT...'; 'TEAS. THE BEST AND CHEAPEST STOCK OF TEAS IN BRITAIN, SUPERIOR COFFEE, SUGAR, SOAP, A LARGE SUPPLY OF NEW FRUIT...BLACK TEA...GREEN TEA'; 'JOHN STEWART will SELL...nearly 3000 PIECES of PAPER HANGINGS'; 'Magazin de Souliers Francais'; 'C. MUIRHEAD...SURREY CAPONS, NORFOLK TURKEYS, DORKEN FOWLS and WILD FOWL...GAME...VENISON...ENGLISH HAMS, BACON, SMOKED TONGUES and LARD' and lastly 'OLD BOOKS Immediately WANTED to PURCHASE'. A very fine and very rare Mulready, this being the only example of this advert recorded to date. (Ref 141774).