Lot 152
152
SIXPENCE STG. SINGLE RATE TO ENGLAND
cover 6p orange (13; S.G.14), good to large margins, tied by oval of bars cancellation to folded cover from St. John's to Teignmouth, Devon, showing St. John's Newfoundland NOV 2 1860 d.s. in red; backstamped Teignmouth NO 27 60 in red; a fine stamp and an exceedingly rare cover

Details
cover 6p orange (13; S.G.14), good to large margins, tied by oval of bars cancellation to folded cover from St. John's to Teignmouth, Devon, showing St. John's Newfoundland NOV 2 1860 d.s. in red; backstamped Teignmouth NO 27 60 in red; a fine stamp and an exceedingly rare cover
Provenance
Dale-Lichtenstein, 1968
Claude Cartier, 1978
Foxbridge, 1987
Literature
Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1982, p. 172, reference 2-2

Lot Essay

NOTE:
This is one of two covers recorded bearing the 6p orange vermilion; see lot 151 for the other
est.