Lot
1080 
Great Britain, (Ocean Penny Postage) Ocean Penny Postage, The Worlds Want and Britain's Boon, Bradshaw & Blacklock design with imprint at left and two-line verse at lower right (unlisted state), on local London cover addressed by social reform activist Elihu Burritt, franked with 1841, 1d red brown tied by bar oval handstamp, reverse with red London origin and "BV, My 28, 1851" receiving cds's; some light cover edge staining, otherwise Very Fine, a Rare Unlisted Design State of the Bradshaw & Blacklock Ocean Penny Postage Envelope; ex Salzer. SG No. 8 Estimate $500 - 750.
This design bears the imprint at left and verse at lower right as in state 4 (see Bodily et al "British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century" pages 229-232) but has the message in the sails as in both state 1 & 2.
Realized: $1,050