cover 1p red-brown, 3p bright blue (1, 2; S.G.1, 3), horizontal pair of the former with good margins except at the top where just touched, the latter with large margins on three sides and just cut into on the fourth, tied by oval grids to Dec. 1857 mourning cover from Halifax via Boston to New York; backstamped Halifax DE 17 1857; fine; 5p packet rate to New York, ex Vincent Greene, Cartier, with 1992 Holcombe certificate (describing the 3p as the deep blue) | Christie's

拍品 189

189

cover 1p red-brown, 3p bright blue (1, 2; S.G.1, 3), horizontal pair of the former with good margins except at the top where just touched, the latter with large margins on three sides and just cut into on the fourth, tied by oval grids to Dec. 1857 mourning cover from Halifax via Boston to New York; backstamped Halifax DE 17 1857; fine; 5p packet rate to New York, ex Vincent Greene, Cartier, with 1992 Holcombe certificate (describing the 3p as the deep blue)

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cover 1p red-brown, 3p bright blue (1, 2; S.G.1, 3), horizontal pair of the former with good margins except at the top where just touched, the latter with large margins on three sides and just cut into on the fourth, tied by oval grids to Dec. 1857 mourning cover from Halifax via Boston to New York; backstamped Halifax DE 17 1857; fine; 5p packet rate to New York, ex Vincent Greene, Cartier, with 1992 Holcombe certificate (describing the 3p as the deep blue)