144811 1852 MAIL LONDON TO WIGAN 2d BLUE PL.4 (SG14) REDIRECTED TO COLINSBURGH, FIFE AND CHARGED '2'.

1852 MAIL LONDON TO WIGAN 2d BLUE PL.4 (SG14) REDIRECTED TO COLINSBURGH, FIFE AND CHARGED '2'. Part letter Berkeley Square, London to 'The Lord Lindsay, Haigh Hall,Wigan' with fine 2d blue pl.4 (SG14) lettered PC cancelled London '18' Inland Office numeral and part 'COLINSBURGH' date stamp NO 12 `18 1852. Stamp shows blind 'P' and 'C' double (Spec ES14f). Redirected to 'Balcarres' Collinsburgh, Fife' and charged '2'. Some creasing well clear of stamp and on front 'WIGAN' date stamp NO 11 1852. Lord Lindsay was the father of James Ludovic Lindsay, the 26th Earl of Crawford a celebrated and well known philatelist. (Ref 144811).