SG 7 var. 1842 Queen Victoria Valentine to Germany. UNIQUE. SU.

Great Britain  1842 Queen Victoria VALENTINE EMBOSSED ENVELOPE bearing an 1841 1d. red-brown on blued paper.  Addressed to Hamburg, Germany.  Cancelled by a black Maltese cross. London Foreign Branch boxed ‘Returned for Postage’ in red on front.  Backstamped ‘19.7.42 Hertford’ and oval ‘Returned for Postage’ in red. British Philatelic Association Certificate No. 35,728 (1992).  OUTSTANDING AND VERY RARE.  UNIQUE.