Lot 108
108
ONE SHILLING STG. RATE FROM ST. JOHN'S TO AUSTRALIA
cover 1sh scarlet-vermilion (9; S.G.9), good margins on two sides, close or touched on the others, tied by oval of bars cancellation to cover from St. John's to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, showing St. John's Newfoundland MY 9 1860 and London MY 29 60 d.s. in red and backstamped Ship Letter Sydney AU 16 1860 in black; the cover is very slightly soiled, exceedingly rare

Details
cover 1sh scarlet-vermilion (9; S.G.9), good margins on two sides, close or touched on the others, tied by oval of bars cancellation to cover from St. John's to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, showing St. John's Newfoundland MY 9 1860 and London MY 29 60 d.s. in red and backstamped Ship Letter Sydney AU 16 1860 in black; the cover is very slightly soiled, exceedingly rare
Provenance
Harry Goody collection
Robert H. Pratt, 1986
Literature
Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1983 p.175, reference 3-1 and illustrated on p. 91. Illustrated on p. 343 of Robert H. Pratt's The Nineteeth Century Postal History of Newfoundland, 1985

Lot Essay

EXPERTIZATION:
1957 P.F. Certificate
1986 B.P.A. Certificate

NOTE:
This is the only recorded example of the 1sh scarlet vermilion used on cover as 1sh Sterling; it is the only recorded pence issue cover to Australia and it is one of the two 1sh scarlet vermilions recorded on cover - see lot 107 for the other
est.