Lot Essay
NOTE:
Four examples of this usage to the U.S. have been recorded
est.
Four examples of this usage to the U.S. have been recorded
est.
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), good to large margins, tied by oval of bars cancellations to cover from Harbour Britain to Essex, Vermont, showing Harbor Britain AU 14 1861 d.s. in black, St. John's Newfoundland AU 21 1861 d.s. in red and Boston Br. Pkt. 5 SEP 5 marking in black; the cover a trifle stained, otherwise fine and rare
Details
cover 8p scarlet vermilion top half horizontal bisect and 3p green (8a, 3; S.G.8a and S.G.3), good to large margins, tied by oval of bars cancellations to cover from Harbour Britain to Essex, Vermont, showing Harbor Britain AU 14 1861 d.s. in black, St. John's Newfoundland AU 21 1861 d.s. in red and Boston Br. Pkt. 5 SEP 5 marking in black; the cover a trifle stained, otherwise fine and rare
Provenance
Dale-Lichtenstein, 1969
Foxbridge, 1987
Foxbridge, 1987
Literature
Illustrated on p. 451 of Robson Lowe's The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Stamps - Vol. 5, North America.,
Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1982, p. 187, reference 3-4
Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1982, p. 187, reference 3-4