Lot 102
102
EIGHTPENCE STG. DOUBLE RATE ST. JOHN'S TO PORT
cover 8p scarlet vermilion (8; S.G.8), small margins except where slightly cut into, tied by somewhat indistinct oval of bars cancellation and by numeral 10 marking to double rate folded cover, endorsed "Mail Via Halifax", from St. John's to Baltimore; 8p with crease and corner creases; the folded cover, with side flap at left missing, showing St. John's Newfoundland DE 19 1860 d.s. and Br. Packet Boston 27 DEC marking; unique

Details
cover 8p scarlet vermilion (8; S.G.8), small margins except where slightly cut into, tied by somewhat indistinct oval of bars cancellation and by numeral 10 marking to double rate folded cover, endorsed "Mail Via Halifax", from St. John's to Baltimore; 8p with crease and corner creases; the folded cover, with side flap at left missing, showing St. John's Newfoundland DE 19 1860 d.s. and Br. Packet Boston 27 DEC marking; unique
Provenance
Dale-Lichtenstein, 1969
N. Clifford-Jones collection
Literature
Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1982, p. 186, reference 1-1 and illustrated on p. 148

Lot Essay

EXPERTIZATION:
1946 P.F. Certificate (No. 145)

NOTE:
This is the only recorded use of the 8p scarlet vermilion on cover
est.