cover 1861 (2 Apr.) entire from Port Elizabeth addressed to Grahamstown, bearing 4d. pale milky blue block of four, cut into the shape of a parallelogram, good margins at foot and at left, cut-into at top and at right, well tied by triangular cancellations; the stamps with light peripheral staining, the entire with filing creases, one of which crosses a stamp; date taken from docketing; a great rarity and an unique franking, the only known block of the "Woodblock" Four Pence on cover

Details
cover 1861 (2 Apr.) entire from Port Elizabeth addressed to Grahamstown, bearing 4d. pale milky blue block of four, cut into the shape of a parallelogram, good margins at foot and at left, cut-into at top and at right, well tied by triangular cancellations; the stamps with light peripheral staining, the entire with filing creases, one of which crosses a stamp; date taken from docketing; a great rarity and an unique franking, the only known block of the "Woodblock" Four Pence on cover
Provenance
Dale-Lichtenstain, 1989, lot 397