Lot 97
97
SIXPENCE STG. SINGLE RATE TO ENGLAND
cover 5p brown violet and 1p brown violet (5, 1; S.G.5 and S.G.1), both with margins nearly all round, tied by oval of bars cancellations to cover from St. John's to London, showing St. John's Newfoundland OC 24 1860 d.s. and backstamped London NO 12 60; a great rarity

Details
cover 5p brown violet and 1p brown violet (5, 1; S.G.5 and S.G.1), both with margins nearly all round, tied by oval of bars cancellations to cover from St. John's to London, showing St. John's Newfoundland OC 24 1860 d.s. and backstamped London NO 12 60; a great rarity
Provenance
Harry Goody collection
John Hubbard collection
Robert H. Pratt, 1986
Literature
Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1982, p. 170, reference 1-2

Lot Essay

EXPERTIZATION:
1986 B.P.A. Certificate

NOTE:
This and the front included in this auction as lot 95 represent the two recorded examples of this usage
est.