Lot 76
76
ONE PENNY STG. CIRCULAR RATE
cover 1p brown violet (1; S.G.1), large margins except at one corner where just cut into, with neat barred oval cancellation on printed prices current, headed St. John's, Newfoundland, April 1863, to Margaree, Nova Scotia, showing St. John's Newfoundland MY 5 1863 d.s.; a few small stains; fine and rare

Details
cover 1p brown violet (1; S.G.1), large margins except at one corner where just cut into, with neat barred oval cancellation on printed prices current, headed St. John's, Newfoundland, April 1863, to Margaree, Nova Scotia, showing St. John's Newfoundland MY 5 1863 d.s.; a few small stains; fine and rare
Provenance
Sidney Harris, 1968
John Hubbard collection
Robert H. Pratt, 1986
Literature
Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1982, page 160, reference 1-2

Lot Essay

EXPERTIZATION:
1968 B.P.A. Certificate

NOTE:
This is one of the two recorded examples of the 1p circular rate prior to April 8 1865 and one of the total of five 1p circular rate usages recorded
est.