Lot 175
175
1861-62 ISSUE ON COVER FOURPENCE STG. SINGLE RATE ST. JOHN'S TO PORT
cover 4p rose (18; S.G.23), good margins, small wrinkle at left, tied by oval of bars cancellation to folded cover from St. John's to Baltimore, showing St. John's Newfoundland NO 1862 d.s. in red and Boston Br. Pkt. NOV 15 5 marking in black; addressee's name, originally Tucker correspondence, overwritten, otherwise very fine

Details
cover 4p rose (18; S.G.23), good margins, small wrinkle at left, tied by oval of bars cancellation to folded cover from St. John's to Baltimore, showing St. John's Newfoundland NO 1862 d.s. in red and Boston Br. Pkt. NOV 15 5 marking in black; addressee's name, originally Tucker correspondence, overwritten, otherwise very fine
Provenance
N. Clifford-Jones collection
Literature
Robert H. Pratt's The Pence Issues of Newfoundland, 1982, p. 184, reference 2-2

Lot Essay

EXPERTIZATION:
1967 B.P.A. Certificate as the pale shade, although the stamp would appear to be very similar in shade to those in lots 176-178 which have B.P.A. Certificates, from 20 years later, as the deep shade.
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