Lot 96
96
FOURPENCE STG. SINGLE RATE ST. JOHN'S TO PORT
cover 5p brown violet (5; S.G.5), large margins except at foot where just touched, tied by oval of bars cancellation and by Boston Br. Pkt. 5 AUG 22 marking to folded letter from St. John's to Townsend, near Boston, showing St. John's Newfoundland AU 15 1860 d.s.; the 5p crossed by light cover crease; very attractive

Details
cover 5p brown violet (5; S.G.5), large margins except at foot where just touched, tied by oval of bars cancellation and by Boston Br. Pkt. 5 AUG 22 marking to folded letter from St. John's to Townsend, near Boston, showing St. John's Newfoundland AU 15 1860 d.s.; the 5p crossed by light cover crease; very attractive
Provenance
Dale-Lichtenstein, 1968
Literature
Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1982, p. 181, reference 1-2

Lot Essay

NOTE:
The 1p overpayment was probably due to the shortage of 4p stamps prior to the arrival of the second consignment. Only two such covers are recorded; the other was in the collections of Sidney Harris, John Hubbard and Robert H. Pratt
est.