145279 1842 1d MULREADY WRAPPER 'STAMP AND TAX OFFICE, BATHGATE, 7TH MARCH 1842' TAX DEMAND (MA 205a) FINE USED.

1842 1d MULREADY WRAPPER 'STAMP AND TAX OFFICE, BATHGATE, 7TH MARCH 1842' TAX DEMAND (MA 205a) FINE USED. Fine used 1842 1d Mulready wrapper from Bathgate, West Lothian to 'Thomas Balfour Esq, Whitburn' with good strike black Maltese cross of Bathgate. Redirected to Stirling, on front 'BATHGATE' date stamp MR 10 1842 and 'WHITBURN' date stamp MR 11 1842 with manuscript charge '1' for redirection. Within is very fine printed tax demand headed 'Stamp and Tax Office, Bathgate, 7th March, 1842.' with tax demand for £1.13.6. Usual filing folds but to date one of only three recorded examples and to be listed as Spec MA206a. (Ref 145279).