Lot 149
149
SIXPENCE HALFPENNY STG. SINGLE RATE INTERIOR TO PORT
cover 4p orange and 3p green (12, 11A; S.G.12 and S.G.11), both with good to large margins, with the former tied by oval of bars cancellation and by manuscript "5" in pencil, the latter with oval of bars cancellation but not tied, used on cover from Harbour Grace to Philadelphia, showing Harbor Grace JA 31 1862 d.s. in black, St. John's Newfoundland JA 31 1862 d.s. in red and Boston Br. Pkt. FEB 11 5 marking in black; cover, restored at lower left and at foot, with minor creasing; the 3p is slightly buckled; extremely rare

Details
cover 4p orange and 3p green (12, 11A; S.G.12 and S.G.11), both with good to large margins, with the former tied by oval of bars cancellation and by manuscript "5" in pencil, the latter with oval of bars cancellation but not tied, used on cover from Harbour Grace to Philadelphia, showing Harbor Grace JA 31 1862 d.s. in black, St. John's Newfoundland JA 31 1862 d.s. in red and Boston Br. Pkt. FEB 11 5 marking in black; cover, restored at lower left and at foot, with minor creasing; the 3p is slightly buckled; extremely rare
Provenance
Robert H. Pratt, 1986
Literature
Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1982, p. 187, reference 4-1

Lot Essay

NOTE:
When Robert H. Pratt's book was published, this was considered to be an unique franking; at the time of the sale of his collection in 1986, a further cover to the same addressee had been discovered
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