1857 ISSUE ON COVER
FOURPENCE STG. SINGLE RATE ST. JOHN'S TO PORT
cover 1p brown violet (1; S.G.1), horizontal strip of four, good to large margins all round, with neat barred oval cancellations and tied by St. John's Newfoundland DE 4 1861 d.s. in red and by Boston B. Pkt. DEC 17 d.s. to folded letter from St. John's, letter headed 3rd December, to Boston; backstamped upon arrival; rare
Details
cover 1p brown violet (1; S.G.1), horizontal strip of four, good to large margins all round, with neat barred oval cancellations and tied by St. John's Newfoundland DE 4 1861 d.s. in red and by Boston B. Pkt. DEC 17 d.s. to folded letter from St. John's, letter headed 3rd December, to Boston; backstamped upon arrival; rare
Provenance
Dale-Lichtenstein, 1968
Claude Cartier, 1977
Claude Cartier, 1977
Literature
Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1982, page 178, reference 2
EXPERTIZATION:
1983 Enzo Diena Certificate
NOTE:
Two Covers with this franking are recorded; this is by far the finer of the two
est.
EXPERTIZATION:
1983 Enzo Diena Certificate
NOTE:
Two Covers with this franking are recorded; this is by far the finer of the two
est.