Lot 1146
Nova Scotia, 1860 (Jul. 4) St. John's Newfoundland to Baltimore Md. via Halifax, folded cover bearing Newfoundland 1857, 8d scarlet vermilion, vertical bisect (8a), right half with large margins, tied by grid cancel, red "St. John's, Newfoundland, Paid, JL 4, 1860" rimless cds, carried by Cunard Line Arabia from Halifax to Boston, "Boston Br. Pkt. '5' Jul 12" exchange cds; refolded at left, Very Fine, ex-Caspary, Carr, Conland; with 2004 Greene Foundation certificate.Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
A CHOICE NEWFOUNDLAND 1857 8D SCARLET VERMILION VERTICAL BISECT USE TO BALTIMORE MD.