Lot 93
93
FOURPENCE STG. SINGLE RATE ST. JOHN'S TO PORT
cover 4p scarlet vermilion (4, S.G.4), good to large margins, wonderful color, tied by oval of bars cancellation to folded cover from St. John's to Baltimore; the 4p with ironed vertical crease from cover fold and has been lifted and replaced; the folded cover showing St. John's Newfoundland SP 28 1856 d.s. in red and Boston Br. Pkt. 5 OCT 9 marking in black; very attractive

Details
cover 4p scarlet vermilion (4, S.G.4), good to large margins, wonderful color, tied by oval of bars cancellation to folded cover from St. John's to Baltimore; the 4p with ironed vertical crease from cover fold and has been lifted and replaced; the folded cover showing St. John's Newfoundland SP 28 1856 d.s. in red and Boston Br. Pkt. 5 OCT 9 marking in black; very attractive
Provenance
Dale-Lichtenstein, 1969
N. Clifford-Jones collection
Literature
Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1982, p. 180, reference 20

Lot Essay

NOTE:
The St. John's Newfoundland d.s. shows 1856 for the year, but the docketing on the flap makes it clear that 1859 was the year of use
est.