Lot 235
Newfoundland 1857, 6½d scarlet vermilion (7), dazzling color of exceptional red intensity, large to ample margins, cancelled by barred oval handstamp and tied by crisply struck large "Boston Br. Pkt. 5cts/Oct 21" c.d.s., showing "Carbonear/OC 10 1859" double arc origin d.s. adjacent and "St. Johns Newfoundland/OC 11 1859" double arc exchange d.s., the addressee's name was originally excised and has been superbly replaced and restored, otherwise Very Fine, a most handsome usage. SG 7.
Estimate 6,000 - 8,000
ONLY SIX COVERS HAVE BEEN RECORDED WITH THE 6½D SCARLET VERMILION, WHICH PAID THE 6 PENCE ½ PENNY STG. ½ OUNCE RATE FROM THE INTERIOR TO A U.S. PORT.
Expertization: 1980 Friedl Certificate.
Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein, Clifford-Jones, Dr. Chan
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