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 to large margins, tied by cork within old datestamp cancellation to cover from St. John's to Harbour Grace, showing St. John's Newfoundland NO 26 1868 d.s. in red and Harbor Grace NO 26 1868 d.s. in black; cover with slight foxing and the stamp with a faint stain
Details
cover 3p green (11A; S.G.11), good to large margins, tied by cork within old datestamp cancellation to cover from St. John's to Harbour Grace, showing St. John's Newfoundland NO 26 1868 d.s. in red and Harbor Grace NO 26 1868 d.s. in black; cover with slight foxing and the stamp with a faint stain
Provenance
Dale-Lichtenstein, 1970
Robert H. Pratt collection
Robert H. Pratt collection
Literature
Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1982, p. 158, reference 5