Lot Essay
NOTE:
The 3p was used as the 5c brown stock was exhausted
est.
The 3p was used as the 5c brown stock was exhausted
est.
FIVE CENTS = THREEPENCE CY. SINGLE COLONIAL RATE
cover 3p green (11A; S.G.11), good margins except at upper right where frame line touched, tied by two impressions of the St. John's rimmed cork cancellation to cover to Carbonear, showing St. John's Newfoundland OC 22 1868 d.s. in red and Carbonear OC 22 1868 d.s. in black; cover with minor soiling and stamp with trace of horizontal bend from the contents (not now included)
Details
cover 3p green (11A; S.G.11), good margins except at upper right where frame line touched, tied by two impressions of the St. John's rimmed cork cancellation to cover to Carbonear, showing St. John's Newfoundland OC 22 1868 d.s. in red and Carbonear OC 22 1868 d.s. in black; cover with minor soiling and stamp with trace of horizontal bend from the contents (not now included)
Provenance
E. Carey Fox, 1968
Robert H. Pratt collection
Robert H. Pratt collection
Literature
Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1982, p. 157, reference 2-2