Lot Essay
EXPERTIZATION:
1968 R.P.S. Certificate
est.
1968 R.P.S. Certificate
est.
FOURPENCE STG. SINGLE RATE ST. JOHN'S TO PORT
cover 4p orange (12; S.G.12), good to large margins, used but not tied, other than by vertical crease from cover fold, with oval of bars cancellation on folded cover from St. John's to Sydney, Cape Breton, showing St. John's Newfoundland DE 5 1860 d.s. in red, backstamped North Sydney DE 8 1860 d.s. in black; rare
Details
cover 4p orange (12; S.G.12), good to large margins, used but not tied, other than by vertical crease from cover fold, with oval of bars cancellation on folded cover from St. John's to Sydney, Cape Breton, showing St. John's Newfoundland DE 5 1860 d.s. in red, backstamped North Sydney DE 8 1860 d.s. in black; rare
Provenance
E. Carey Fox, 1968
John Hubbard collection
Foxbridge, 1987
John Hubbard collection
Foxbridge, 1987
Literature
Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1982, p. 165, reference 2-2