145438 CIRCA 1843 BLUE MALTESE CROSS OF WICK, CAITHNESS, SCOTLAND ON PIECE.

CIRCA 1843 BLUE MALTESE CROSS OF WICK, CAITHNESS, SCOTLAND ON PIECE. Small piece, 32 x 50 mm with very fine 1d (SG8) lettered FC, four close to very fine margins and cancelled superb strike Scottish type Maltese cross in a bluish green ink with 'WICK' date stamp MY 3 in same shade. Believed to be the only recorded example of the Wick Maltese cross in blue and referenced page 459 of Jackson volume 3. Rare. (Ref 145438).