NOTE:
In the sale of Robert H. Pratt's collection in 1986 and in his 1982 listing, the colour of the stamp was described as Venetian red. However the colour is very different to that of lot 295 in the Robert H. Pratt sale, also described as Venetian red, and included in this sale as lot 150. Much confusion reigns in the colour nomenclature of this value. For example, in the 1861-62 issue, we have had to take Scott's reddish brown as equating with Stanley Gibbon's red-brown, leaving Scott's orange brown (not far from Venetian red) as a non-match for Stanley Gibbon's chocolate brown. In addition Scott lists the 1860 issue as violet brown while Stanley Gibbons lists it as Venetian red and Robert H. Pratt, in this book, included the Venetian red in his list of stamps under the 1860 issue but in his list of covers equated the Venetian red with Scott 19, i.e. under the 1861-62 issue.

As far as this cover is concerned, it can be inferred that the charges were made by different postmasters who read their instructions differently, the due marking being for 5c delivery from Halifax to New Glasgow
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