Lot 101
101
SIXPENCE HALFPENNY STG. SINGLE RATE INTERIOR TO PORT
cover 6½p scarlet vermilion (7; S.G.7), good to large margins, wonderful color used with oval of bars cancellation and tied by fine Boston Br. Pkt. 5CTs. OCT 21 marking to folded cover from Carbonear to Boston, showing Carbonear OC 10 1859 d.s. and backstamped St. John's Newfoundland OC 11 1859; the cover repaired where addressee's name improved; very lovely

Details
cover 6½p scarlet vermilion (7; S.G.7), good to large margins, wonderful color used with oval of bars cancellation and tied by fine Boston Br. Pkt. 5CTs. OCT 21 marking to folded cover from Carbonear to Boston, showing Carbonear OC 10 1859 d.s. and backstamped St. John's Newfoundland OC 11 1859; the cover repaired where addressee's name improved; very lovely
Provenance
Dale-Lichtenstein, 1969
Ralph Hart, 1977
Literature
Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1982, p. 186, reference 3-3

Lot Essay

EXPERTIZATION:
1980 Friedl Certificate

NOTE:
When this cover appeared in the Dale-Lichtenstein the addressees's name had been cut out and replaced. Since then, the cover has been restored by replacing the section which was originally cut out and completing the addressee on the repaired surface, resulting in a very beautiful folded cover. This is one of the five recorded covers with this franking addressed to the U.S.
est.