Lot 148
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FOURPENCE STG. SINGLE RATE ST. JOHN'S TO PORT
cover 4p orange (12; S.G.12), good margins on three sides, close and just cut into at right, tied by oval of bars cancellation to folded letter from St. John's to Boston, showing St. John's Newfoundland JY 3 1861 d.s. in red and Boston Br. Pkt. JUL 12 5 marking in black; the letter slightly soiled and a trifle damaged on the reverse; scarce

Details
cover 4p orange (12; S.G.12), good margins on three sides, close and just cut into at right, tied by oval of bars cancellation to folded letter from St. John's to Boston, showing St. John's Newfoundland JY 3 1861 d.s. in red and Boston Br. Pkt. JUL 12 5 marking in black; the letter slightly soiled and a trifle damaged on the reverse; scarce
Provenance
Dale-Lichtenstein, 1970
Robert H. Pratt, 1986
Literature
Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, 1982, p. 184, reference 1-5

Lot Essay

EXPERTIZATION:
1986 B.P.A. Certificate

NOTE:
This is one of six recorded covers bearing a single 4p orange to the U.S., all of the others are from the Tucker correspondence
est.