Lot Essay
NOTE:
Four examples of this usage to the U.S. have been recorded
est.
Four examples of this usage to the U.S. have been recorded
est.
SIXPENCE HALFPENNY STG. SINGLE RATE INTERIOR TO PORT
cover 8p scarlet vermilion left vertical bisect and 3p green (8a, 3; S.G.8a and S.G.3), both with good margins, tied by light oval of bars cancellations to folded cover from Harbour Grace to Baltimore, showing Harbor Grace OC 10 1859 d.s. and Boston Br. Pkt. 5 OCT 21 and backstamped St. John's Newfoundland OC 11 1859; the 3p crossed by vertical filing crease and both stamps crossed by light horizontal bends; rare and attractive
Details
cover 8p scarlet vermilion left vertical bisect and 3p green (8a, 3; S.G.8a and S.G.3), both with good margins, tied by light oval of bars cancellations to folded cover from Harbour Grace to Baltimore, showing Harbor Grace OC 10 1859 d.s. and Boston Br. Pkt. 5 OCT 21 and backstamped St. John's Newfoundland OC 11 1859; the 3p crossed by vertical filing crease and both stamps crossed by light horizontal bends; rare and attractive
Provenance
John F. Seybold, 1910
Dale-Lichtenstein, 1968
N. Clifford-Jones collection
Dale-Lichtenstein, 1968
N. Clifford-Jones collection
Literature
Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1982, p. 187, reference 3-1