STAMPED COVERS OF GREAT BRITAIN

1860 UK #20 Miniature Welsh Cover to Bodylltyn, Rhuabon with Dramatic Rocking "G" Mis-registration

Scott #20 - Beautiful extremely small Welsh Cover. Right up there with some of the smallest envelopes

Great Britain 1 Penny Red Brown on White Paper, with Large Crown Watermark (type20), perforated 14 x 14, re-engraved, 1857 Issue on miniature cover. The best way to imagine the size of this envelope is simply to look at the size of the stamp. Stamp is missing a corner but an exceptionally clean example of the VERY SMALL ENVELOPE category of collecting; on fine polished, batonne laid, light brown paper. The cover is not toned, the paper itself is light brown. Lovely address to the Hamlet of Bodylltyn, in the Parish of Rhuabon, Denbighshire, Wales. Sent from nearby Corwen, Denbighshire, North Wales. Scarce origin-destination combination.

Stamp #20 Pos G-L
"G" rocked to the right
Perf 14 x 14, white paper
wmk large crown, corner missing UR

Cover measures 4" x 1½" or 100mm x 40mm

Corwen cds
dated August 17, 1860

A similar rocking "G" is reported in Plate 57 in the N-G Position but it does not quite compare.
Although the right "L" does match nicely with Position L-L of the plate.

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[Some of our References: Hargest, History of Letter Communications between US and Europe 1845-1874, Starnes, US Letter Rates to Foreign Destination 1847-GPU; Tabeart, United Kingdom Letter Rates 1657-1900; Moubray, British Letter Mail to Overseas Destinations 1840-1875, Arnell, A History of Mail Service between Great Britain and Canada to 1889, Campbell, Canada Post Offices 1755-1895, American Stampless Cover Catalogue]