OCEAN PENNY POST ENVELOPE BY BRADSHAW AND BLACKLOCK IN STATE 7 USED MANCHESTER TO ROCHDALE. Good used example of this rare envelope, ONLY 3 KNOWN RECORDED EXAMPLES OF STATE 7, from Manchester to Rochdale with 1d (SG8) lettered TE with four close to very large margins, crease affects and cancelled "498" of Manchester. Unfortunately stamp did not originate on this envelope. On reverse CHEETHAM HILL udc and MANCHESTER date stamp JY 24 1852. RPS cert. 226564 "The stamp did not originate on this envelope". Ex Hobbs exhibition collection. (Ref 108228).
