141237 1948 COMPLETE PARCEL WRAPPER SENT REGISTERED AIR MAIL LONDON TO NEW YORK WITH BLOCK OF SIX £1 ROYAL SILVER WEDDING (SG494) AND OTHER KGVI ISSUES.

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1948 COMPLETE PARCEL WRAPPER SENT REGISTERED AIR MAIL LONDON TO NEW YORK WITH BLOCK OF SIX £1 ROYAL SILVER WEDDING (SG494) AND OTHER KGVI ISSUES. A fine and complete parcel wrapper sent registered air mail London to the US Treasury Department, New York City, USA with a remarkable BLOCK OF SIX £1 Royal Silver Wedding (SG494), also 9d deep olive-green (SG473), 1s bistre-brown (SG475) and 2/6 yellow-green (SG476b) with fine 'LONDON CHIEF OFFICE/REGISTERED/E.C.1' oval hand stamps. On front '11 JUN 1948' date stamp. A quite remarkable usage and apparently the parcel originally contained low quality diamond grit used for sharpening industrial tools etc. (Also small piece probably from same correspondence with a similar block of six). (2 items). (Ref 141237). Show more