Lot 145
145
FOURPENCE STG. SINGLE RATE ST. JOHN'S TO PORT
cover 4p orange (12; S.G.12), small margins all round except at lower right where just clear or just touched, tied by oval of bars cancellation and by St. John's Newfoundland OC 10 1860 d.s. in red, repeated alongside, to folded cover to Baltimore, showing Boston Br. Pkt. OCT 17 marking in black; scarce

Details
cover 4p orange (12; S.G.12), small margins all round except at lower right where just clear or just touched, tied by oval of bars cancellation and by St. John's Newfoundland OC 10 1860 d.s. in red, repeated alongside, to folded cover to Baltimore, showing Boston Br. Pkt. OCT 17 marking in black; scarce
Provenance
N. Clifford-Jones collection
Literature
Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1982, p. 184, reference 1-3

Lot Essay

EXPERTIZATION:
1968 B.P.A. Certificate

NOTE:
Ths is one of six recorded covers bearing a single 4p orange to the U.S.
est.