Lot 1200
1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), two covers to Newfoundland at the single U.P.U. rate of 5¢ first tied by Baltimore, MD duplex Aug 13, 1883, to U.S. Ship Yantic, Care of Consul, second tied by Chittenanco, N.Y. May 13, 1887 duplex to St. Johns, redirected to New York, magenta company receiver on front, stamp with minor faults, otherwise Very Fine pair.
Estimate 300 - 400
Newfoundland joined the U.P.U. as a separate entity in 1879, and was not a Canadian province until 1949.
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