131311 1840 1D MULREADY ADVERT 'SMITH'S ENVELOPE ADVERTISER' (SPEC MA27a) VARIETY MISCUT.

1D MULREADY ADVERT 'SMITH'S ENVELOPE ADVERTISER' (SPEC MA27a) VARIETY MISCUT. A good used 1d Mulready wrapper, stereo A19 from Glasgow to 'Mifs Alice Mackenzie, 12 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh' cancelled blurred red-orange Edinburgh Maltese cross, on reverse 'GLASGOW' date stamp JY 24 1840 and Edinburgh date stamp JUL 25 1840. Within is a fine 'SMITH'S ENVELOPE ADVERTISER' dated 27th June 1840 (MA27a) with PREVIOUSLY UNRECORDED MISCUT VARIETY SO THAT 'No.1.' is omitted with blank part sheet margin at right. Fine advert offering various publications including 'HISTORY OF EUROPE': 'GENERAL ATLAS OF THE WORLD': 'THE ROD AND THE GUN' a treatise on angling and shooting: 'NEW POCKET ROAD-BOOK': 'TOURISTS IN SCOTLAND': 'PETER SCOTT, CLOTHIER AND SHIRT-MERCHANT, EDINBURGH': 'SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND': 'THE HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA' by James Mill: 'THE EARL OF ABERDEEN'S CORRESPONDENCE': 'THE ALBION CLOTH COMPANY': 'WILLIAM BERFRAGE.. COTTON AND SILK HOSIERY, GLOVES ETC": 'J & W LUKE, CLOTHIERS, confidently recommend their WEST OF ENGLAND WOOL-DYED CLOTHES': 'LADIES SHOE MANUFACTORY. JOHN GRAY ... UMBRELLAS, GINGHAM, RICHEST SILK, PARASOLS..': 'CLOTH AND HAT ESTABLISHMENT, CRAIGS BROTHERS...': 'SWAIN AND WEBB WATERPROOF' AND 'ROBBERIES OF PLATE - TO Prevent the extensive losses of frequent robberies of plate, A MULLER AND CO respectively recommend their perfect SILVER SUBSTITUTE...'. Some faults but a rare advert with only three used examples and one unused example recorded, this being the only miscut example and to be listed by S.G. (Ref 131311).