Lot 77
77
TWO CENTS = ONE PENNY STG. CIRCULAR RATE
cover 1p brown violet (1; S.G.1), clear to large margins, tied by second type cork cancellation to folded letter, an unsealed market report, from St. John's to Bras d'Or, Cape Breton, showing St. John's Newfoundland JY 25 1865 d.s., backstamped North Sydney JY 27 1865; folded letter with minor faults; fine appearance

Details
cover 1p brown violet (1; S.G.1), clear to large margins, tied by second type cork cancellation to folded letter, an unsealed market report, from St. John's to Bras d'Or, Cape Breton, showing St. John's Newfoundland JY 25 1865 d.s., backstamped North Sydney JY 27 1865; folded letter with minor faults; fine appearance
Provenance
John F. Seybold, 1910
Dale-Lichtenstein, 1970
Literature
Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1982, page 160, reference 2-1

Lot Essay

NOTE:
This is one of the three recorded examples of the 2c = 1p circular rate used after April 8 1865 and one of the total of five 1p circular rate usages recorded
est.