Lot 89
89
FIVE CENTS = THREEPENCE CY. = TWOPENCE HALFPENNY STG. SINGLE COLONIAL RATE
cover 3p green (3; S.G.3), margins all round, minor stain and crossed by cover crease, tied by cork cancellation to mourning cover from St. John's, DE 21 186 - d.s. to Bonavista, the St. John's d.s. overstruck by cork cancellation, the cover, with some tears and flap missing, showing MORE TO PAY and 5

Details
cover 3p green (3; S.G.3), margins all round, minor stain and crossed by cover crease, tied by cork cancellation to mourning cover from St. John's, DE 21 186 - d.s. to Bonavista, the St. John's d.s. overstruck by cork cancellation, the cover, with some tears and flap missing, showing MORE TO PAY and 5
Provenance
N. Clifford-Jones collection
Literature
Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1986, p. 157, reference 11

Lot Essay

NOTE:
The year of use would have been 1865, 1866 or 1867; the 3p was used in place of the 5c brown
est.