Lot 71
71
cover 3p bright red, 1sh reddish mauve (1a, 3; S.G.1, 5), the former with margins all around, the latter with good margins on two sides, just touched/cut into on the others, wonderfully fresh shades, tied by crisp void grids to cover to London; showing red London Paid 12 OCT 12 1851 tombstone; 3p has small crease, cover with torn flap; 1sh 3p rate to the United Kingdom before Aug 1, 1854, very early use.

Details
cover 3p bright red, 1sh reddish mauve (1a, 3; S.G.1, 5), the former with margins all around, the latter with good margins on two sides, just touched/cut into on the others, wonderfully fresh shades, tied by crisp void grids to cover to London; showing red London Paid 12 OCT 12 1851 tombstone; 3p has small crease, cover with torn flap; 1sh 3p rate to the United Kingdom before Aug 1, 1854, very early use.
Provenance
Dale-Lichtenstein, 1969
"Foxbridge", 1987

Lot Essay

The arrival datestamp of October 12 would indicate a despatch date of around September 27/28 which makes this one of the earliest recorded "Pence" covers; it is probably the earliest "Pence" cover to cross the Atlantic from New Brunswick