1840 2d. blue Plate 1 Lettered DK-DL, S.G.2,

horizontal marginal pair from the right of the sheet, large margins, vivid colour, full original gum. A PRISTINE MINT MULTIPLE IN THE FINEST AVAILABLE CONDITION. B.P.A. Certificate 1984 (16,046)

Because of production problems involving the gumming of sheets, two-penny stamps were not thought to be available to the public prior to 6 May 1840, whereas the penny had been available seven days earlier.