Lot 94
94
SIXPENCE HALFPENNY STG. SINGLE RATE FROM INTERIOR TO PORT
cover 4p scarlet vermilion and 3p green (4, 3; S.G.4 and S.G.3), with oval of bars cancellations on cover from Harbour Grace to Philadelphia; 3p cut into at top and at left, the 4p with large margins and very fine; cover showing Harbor Grace JA 15 1861 and St. John's Newfoundland JA 16 1861 d.s. and Boston Br. Pkt. 5 JAN 26 marking; very attractive

Details
cover 4p scarlet vermilion and 3p green (4, 3; S.G.4 and S.G.3), with oval of bars cancellations on cover from Harbour Grace to Philadelphia; 3p cut into at top and at left, the 4p with large margins and very fine; cover showing Harbor Grace JA 15 1861 and St. John's Newfoundland JA 16 1861 d.s. and Boston Br. Pkt. 5 JAN 26 marking; very attractive
Provenance
Dale-Lichtenstein, 1968
N. Clifford-Jones collection
Literature
Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1982, p. 187, reference 2-5

Lot Essay

EXPERTIZATION:
1985 R.P.S. Certificate

NOTE:
This is one of five covers to the U.S. with this franking
est.