1842 1d MULREADY WRAPPER 'ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH LAW FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE' ADVERT (MA 125a) GOOD TO FINE USED WITHIN LONDON TO CHELSEA, VARIOUS ATTEMPTS AT DELIVERY. Fine used 1842 1d Mulready wrapper, usual filing folds, stereo A237 used within London to 'Mr R Martin Jnr, Carver and Gilder, 12 Cadogan Street, Chelsea', cancelled fine strike black Maltese cross. Evidently difficulty with delivery, on reverse mansucripts 'Not Known as Directed' and 'Not Known in Cadogan Place Chelsea' with London date stamps OC 27 and OC 31 1842. Within fine 'English and Scottish Law Fire and Life Assurance' advert in blue with 'SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL, ONE MILLION' and at upper right Directors listed as 'SANDERS, SHIPPARD, STONE, WATERMAN, WAY'. Fine advert (Spec MA 125a )with 16 unused and 8 used examples recorded to date. (Ref 145289).
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