140885 1840 WRAPPER WORSLEY, MANCHESTER TO 'TRENTHAM HALL', STAFFS, 1840 2D BLUE PL.1 (SG5)(ML).

1840 WRAPPER WORSLEY, MANCHESTER TO 'TRENTHAM HALL', STAFFS, 1840 2D BLUE PL.1 (SG5)(ML). Fine wrapper, minor soiling part reverse only, from Worsley in Manchester to 'William Lewis Esq, Trentham Hall, Newcastle, Staffordshire' with good to fine 1840 2d blue pl.1 (SG5) lettered ML, four close to good margins and tied indistinct strike red Maltese cross. Stamp shows vertical guideline NE square. Filing folds well clear of stamp, on reverse 'MANCHESTER' date stamp DE 8 1840. Good usage of the first twopenny issue. (Ref 140885).