Lot 105
105
SIXPENCE HALFPENNY STG. SINGLE RATE INTERIOR TO PORT
cover 8p scarlet vermilion top half horizontal bisect and 3p green (8a, 3; S.G.8a and S.G.3), both with large margins, the 3p with scissor cut in the margin well clear of the design and with vertical crease from cover fold, both with oval of bars cancellations, the bisect well tied to folded cover from Harbour Britain to Sydney, Cape Breton; the cover, slightly damaged showing Harbor Britain JU 6 1861 d.s. in black, St. John's Newfoundland JU 15 1861 d.s. in red and on the back in black together with North Sydney JU 20 1861; very rare

Details
cover 8p scarlet vermilion top half horizontal bisect and 3p green (8a, 3; S.G.8a and S.G.3), both with large margins, the 3p with scissor cut in the margin well clear of the design and with vertical crease from cover fold, both with oval of bars cancellations, the bisect well tied to folded cover from Harbour Britain to Sydney, Cape Breton; the cover, slightly damaged showing Harbor Britain JU 6 1861 d.s. in black, St. John's Newfoundland JU 15 1861 d.s. in red and on the back in black together with North Sydney JU 20 1861; very rare
Provenance
Col. Green, 1942
Harry Goody collection
Robert H. Pratt, 1986
Literature
Robert H, Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1982, p. 167, reference 2-2, where illustrated

Lot Essay

EXPERTIZATION:
1951 B.P.A. Certificate

NOTE:
This is one of the two recorded examples of this usage to the Provinces; the other recorded example is in the British Royal collection
est.