Lot
6151 
New Zealand, 1862, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 3d brown lilac, imperf, Large Star watermark, large margins all around, used with 6d red brown (43), full to large margins, intense color, each tied by numeral "16" barred oval, matching "Lyttelton, New-Zealand, MY 13, 1863" cds backstamp on cover to London, England, endorsed "Via Marseilles & Suez", red London Paid (7.16) arrival cds, Very Fine, Antipodes, Corinphila, September 1988, lot 3343Joseph Hackmey, Spink Shreves, February 2009, lot 1191; with 1979 R.P.S.L. certificate. Scott No. 13. Campbell Paterson No. A3a (1).
SG No. 40 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
A RARE AND MOST ATTRACTIVE FRANKING FOR THE 9D RATE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM VIA MARSEILLES.
Whilst the additional French rate of 3d. per ¼oz. was introduced on March 27th 1857, it was not until January 1st 1863 that a 3d value postage stamp was available. Nine months later, on September 12th 1863, the French rate of 3d was changed to 4d for ½oz. letters. Use of the 3d. value for its intended use was therefore very short lived and covers in this period are comparatively rare.
References: Illustrated in Odenweller as fig. 5.14, p. 83 and fig. 18.4, p. 255.
Realized: $3,500