360 / Mai 2015 London

6 d. olive-yellow, just touched at two places on one side, otherwise large margins, tied by blue grill "8" and additional straight line "ADVERTISED 1 CENT" to envelope from "CHATHAM MA 31 1854" via St. John to Brooklyn, New York, with adjacent blue "NEW BRUNSWICK" and red "PAID 10 CENTS" (oxidized); a fine and rare entire to the US. Provenance: Louise Boyd Dale and Alfred F. Lichtenstein (1968-70) Koh Seow Chuan (1999)

6 d. olive-yellow, 2 single stamps, one with clear to good margins, the other one slightly cut-into at 2 sides, tied by circular obliterators to lettersheet (bottom flap missing) with adjacent dispatch mark "U.S. EXPRESS MAIL BOSTON JUN 29" (1857) to St. John; the franking applied enroute on board the steamer "Adelaide"; large part of arrival mark on front; the cover small faults; a fine and rare double-rate steamship cover, supposed to be unique; certificate BPA (1998)

1851/60:  6 d. olive-yellow on blued, a diagonally bisected example used to pay the 3 d. inter-provincial rate, used on 1860 cover to Bend tied by barred oval obliterator '8' with corresponding 'Chatham / NB' cds on reverse (April 30). A fine and rare usage. Cert. RPS (1975) Scott 2b = $ 3'500 / Gi = £ 3'000.

6 d. olive-yellow, diagonal bisect with clear to wide margins, tied by grill cancel "29" to envelope from "ST. MARTINS AU 2 1858" to Pleasant-Valley, Nova Scotia with transit marks of St. John and Kentville; a fine and rare letter; certificate Greene (1987) Provenance: Joseph Hackmey

6 d. olive-yellow, diagonal bisect tied by grill "12" to envelope backstamped "EDMUNSTON JA 26 1857" to Hamilton, Canada with arrival mark and front side transit mark "SCHAUMBURG JY 28 1857"; the envelope with filing crease at bottom, and fine and scarce entire with ½ ounce letter rate to Canada, only 4 recorded. Provenance: Joseph Hackmey

6 d. olive-yellow, 2 bisects, both with large margins on one side, one just clear and the other just cut-into on the other side, both tied by clear grill "12" to orange envelope from "EDMINSTON MR 1 1860" to Bangor, Maine with frontside transit marks "NEW BRUNSWICK" and "HOULTON ME. MAR 7" and adjacent red "PAID 10 CENTS". A very rare and most attractive cover, only 2 such frankings are known. Provenance: Koh Seow Chuan (1999) Joseph Hackmey

6 d. olive-yellow, diagonal bisect and entire stamp, both with good to large margins and fresh colour, tied by blue grill "8" to lettersheet from "CHATHAM AP 29 1859" via Sackville and Halifax to St. John's, New Foundland; the single stamp with tiny and almost invisible marginal tear, otherwise very fine; a unique franking paying 8 d. letter rate via British Packet to New Foundland (as the lowest denominated  stamp was 3 d. it was only possible to overpay the rate if prepayment was made in stamps). Provenance: Louise Boyd Dale and Alfred F. Lichtenstein (1968-70) Cartier (1977) 'Foxbridge' Collection (John du Pont, 1989) Koh Seow Chuan (1999) Joseph Hackmey

6 d. olive-yellow, diagonal bisect in pair with entire stamp, the latter one somewhat touched at one side, tied by clear oval grill "11" to envelope, backstamped "DORCHESTER NO 8 1856" to St. John with arrival mark. Fine and rare triple-rate letter, the only one recorded with a 6 d. bisect. Provenance: Louise Boyd Dale and Alfred F. Lichtenstein (1968-70) Joseph Hackmey

6 d. olive-yellow, diagnoal bisect in strip with 2 entire stamps, the outer one cut-into at one side, otherwise wide margins, tied by light grid cancels to quintuple-rate lettersheet from Dorchester 1858 to Fredericton; filing folds, one through the center stamp; a rare quintuple-rate letter and the only one known showing this franking Provenance: Argenti, Dale-Lichtenstein, Hart, Joseph Hackmey

1 shilling reddish-mauve, good to wide margins, unused without gum, very slightly soiled, face very fine. Certificate Greene (2000) SG £ 18.000,- Provenance: Joseph Hackmey

1 shilling reddish mauve, mostly clear to good margins, slightly touched at one side only, tied by grill "1" to lettersheet with adjacent "ST. JOHN NEW BRUNSWICK JA .. 1855" and "PACKET LETTER" to London , also manuscript "2" for 2 d. (= 3 d. currency) charge to be collected at delivery; a fine letter and supposed to be the unique example of 15 pence letter rate (so-called 'Crimean war rate) via the US to England; certificates Philatelic Foundation (1959 and 1991). Provenance: Joseph Hackmey

1 shilling dull violet, horizontal pair and single with diagonal bi-sect or tri-sect 3 d. dull red, tied by grill "4" to envelope from "BATHURST NO 14 1859" via London and Panama to Callao, Peru; franking with mostly good margins, touched in places, shilling-values small marginal tears and the bi-sect with crease; the cover restored and pressed. A very rare franking and the only known cover from New Brunswick to South America, also the only recorded use of a 1 shilling pair on cover; certificate BPA (1999). Note: It is believed that the sender intended to use the 3 d. as a tri-sect to make up the 36½ d. rate with 37 d. franking as the closest possible way to fulfill this rate; assuming the 3 d. was bi-sected, the overpayment would be 1 d. Provenance: John F. Seybold, Syracuse (1910) Nicholas Argenti (1963) 'Foxbridge' Collection (John du Pont, 1989) Koh Seow Chuan (1999) Warren Wilkinson (2011) Joseph Hackmey

1 shilling reddish mauve and 6 d. olive-yellow, both with good to large margins, the 1 shilling tiny scissors cut just touching the design, tied by blue grill to sealed quadruple "money letter" from "CHATHAM DE 31 1852" to Bathurst with arrival mark; a very fine and rare cover, the only recorded at this rate (1 shilling for quadruple rate + 6 d. money letter/registration fee); certificate Philatelic Foundation (1967). Provenance: Dr. Lewis L. Redford (1950) Carnegie Institute (1981) Koh Seow Chuan (1999) Joseph Hackmey

1 shilling dull mauve, diagonal bisect with good to large margins, tied by clear blue grill "8" to entire letter from "CHATHAM MA 19 1858" via St. John to Boston; the letter somewhat re-folded at top and bottom (here small tear), otherwise fine; an attractive and rare letter, signed Bloch with photocopy of 1980 Friedl Expert Committee certificate. Provenance: Louise Boyd Dale and Alfred F. Lichtenstein (1968-70) Joseph Hackmey

1 shilling dull mauve, diagonal bisect with clear to good margins, tied by black grid to small envelope, backstamped "ST. JOHN NEW BRUNSWICK JA 12 1858" to Philadelphia with adjacent red "PAID 10" in circle; a fine and rare cover, only 7 bisects are recorded to prepay ½ ounce letter-rate to the United States, signed Holcombe with certificate (1993) and certificate Philatelic Expertizing (1994) Provenance: Seybold, Syracuse (1910), Joseph Hackmey

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1851/60: The Postal History collection (16 covers/entires), with 3 d. red single frankings (5 covers), 3 d. red (two examples) used on double rate cover, 3 d. red (two examples) used on covers to New York (2),  3 d. red used on rare 1852 registered Money Letter franked by three examples for 9 d. rate; 6 d. yellow single frankings on covers to USA (3), 6 d. yellow bisected for 3 d. rate to St. Johns (cert. RPS, BPA); also two 1860/63 covers with 5 c. single franking and two 5 c. used on cover to the USA, as well as a fine 10 c. red bisected on cover to St. Johns (cert. BPA). Condition variable but an extraordinary lot of enormous catalogue value.

1857/64: 8 d. scarlet-vermilion, a diagonally bisected example with large margins on the remaining sides, used as 4 d. to pay the single rate on 1860 cover to Baltimore (Tucker correspondence), tied by barred obliterator in black. 'St. Johns-Newfoundland-Paid' cds in red at left (Dec 5) somewhat overstruck by 'Boston Br. Pkt. / 5' datestamp of transit (Dec 15) in black. Minor file fold but an impressive and rare cover, #29 in the Pratt census Scott 8a = $ 6'000 / Gi. = 4'250. Provenance: John F. Seybold (1910).

1857: 8 d. scarlet-vermilion, a vertically bisected example (right half) with huge margins, used to pay the 4 d. rate, tied to 1860 cover to Baltimore, USA, Tucker correspondence, by barred obliterator in black with 'St Johns Newfoundland / Paid' cds alongside in red (July 4). 'Boston / Br. Pkt. / 5' (July 12) transit in black at left. File fold well away from the adhesive. A rare cover. Cert. Graves Greene (2004) Scott 8a = $ 6'000 / Gi = £ 4'250. Provenance: Alfred H. Caspary (Oct 1956) lot 348; Henry H. Conland (April 2001) lot 518.

1860: Triangular 3 d. deep green, a superb large margined example used on small 1864 envelope to New Perlican, lightly tied by barred obliterator handstamp in black with fine 'St. Johns-Newfoundland-Paid' cds (Jan 9) struck in black alongside. Reverse with 'New Perlican' arrival cds (Jan 15) in black. Pratt census #33. A fine and scarce cover. Cert. Friedl (1962) Scott 11A = $ 2'000.

1860: 4 d. orange-vermilion, a clear to large margined example of good colour, small corner crease at lower right, used on 1860 cover to Baltimore (Tucker correspondence) and cancelled by black barred obliterator and 'St. Johns-Newfoundland-Paid' cds in red (Oct 16). 'Boston Br. Pkt. / 5' charge marking in black (Oct 17) alongside. The cover crossed by two file folds but a rare usage, Pratt records just 6 covers used with single 4 d. to the USA, this being #3 in the census. Rare. Cert. BPA (1968) Scott 12 = $ 6'000. Provenance: Dr. Chan Chin Cheung (Sept 1995) lot 145.

1860 (Aug 15): First Day of Issue, the famous cover bearing 4 d. orange-vermilion, used example with large margins at top and at base, shaved at right and touched at left, used on 1860 cover to Baltimore (Tucker correspondence) cancelled by barred obliterator in black. 'St. Johns-Newfoundland-Paid' in red alongside (Aug. 15), overstruck with 'Boston Br. Pkt. / 5' charge marking in black (Aug 22). Despite the small faults, a remarkable and rare cover, only six covers recorded thus - this being used on First Day of Issue of the 4 d. adhesive and the earliest recorded usage of any of the orange-vermilion issue. Pratt census #1. Cert. BPA (1986) Scott 12 = $ 6'000. Provenance: Col. Robert H. Pratt (Oct 1986) lot 290; H. Conland (April 2001) lot 529.

1861/62: 4 d. rose-lake, a superb four margined example used on 1864 cover to Cow Bay, Cape Breton; the stamp with scissor cut in margin at base and in upper left corner margin, neither apparent with the naked eye, cancelled by barred obliterator in black. 'St. Johns-Newfoundland-Paid' cds in red at left (June 29) and reverse with 'North Sydney / CB' datestamp of receipt (July 1). The earliest known usage of a 4 d. provincial rate cover (#1 in the Pratt census), with just four covers recorded Scott 18 = $ 5'000. Provenance: John du Pont (1977).

1861: 5 d. red-brown, a fine four margined example, colour slightly affected by lightening of cancellation, used on 1865 cover to Sydney, Cape Breton endorsed 'per Merlin', tied by black segmented cork cancellation with 'St. Johns / Newfoundland' cds alongside (Dec 27) struck in red. Reverse with both 'North Sydney / NB' and  'Sydney / NB' datestamps (Jan 3, 1856) in black. Minor file folds but only 10 covers are recorded bearing the 1861 5 d. (all shades) this being Pratt #9 in the census Scott 19a = $ 6'500. Provenance: Jephcott; Dr. Chan Chin Cheung (Sept 1995) lot 182; Edward M. Gilbert (Oct 2004) lot 125.

1861: 6 d. rose-lake, a superb large margined example in a deep shade, small contemporary affixing crease at left mentioned for accuracy, used on 1862 cover from Greenspond to Poole, England tied by barred obliterator in black. Fine GREENSPOND datestamp at left (Aug 7) in black and 'St. Johns-Newfoundland-Paid' cds in red at left (Aug 15) of transit on front, reverse with black St. John's cds and Poole arrival cds (Sept 13). Envelope with some manuscript docketing but a great rarity - only 12 covers are recorded in the Pratt census (this is #4) - and this is the earliest recorded usage of this stamp. Illustrated in 'The Pence Issues of Newfoundland' by Robert Pratt on page 173. Cert. Graves Greene (2004) Scott 20 = $ 9'250. Provenance: John Hubbard; Col. Robert H. Pratt (Oct 1986) lot 277; Dr. Chan Chin Cheung (Sept 1995) lot 184; Henry H. Conland (April 2001) lot 536.

1851/60, 1 d. red-brown, nice deep colour and good to wide margins all around, unused without gum, very fine, certificate Greene (1996)

1851/60: 1 d. red brown on blued paper, a fine horizontal strip of three, ample to large margins all round and of good colour, used on small 1857 envelope to Bay of Ants, New Brunswick neatly cancelled by barred obliterator in black. Reverse with PICTOU / NS datestamp of despatch (June 13), 'Amherst / NS' cds (June 115), 'Sackville' cds, 'Bale-Verte / NB' cds (June 19) and faint arrival with date inserted in manuscript (June 19). A charming and scarce cover. Cert. BPA (1999). Provenance: Carnegie Institute; Koh Seow Chuan (April 1999) lot 180.

1851/60: 1 d. red-brown on blued and 3 d. blue on blued paper, four margined examples used on 1857 cover Sydney to North Sydney, Cape Breton; tied by barred obliterators in black. Reverse with 'Sydney / CBI' datestamp (Feb 22) and 'North Sydney / CB' arrival cds of the following day. A rare franking in very fine quality for these issues on letter. Cert. PF (1976).

1851/60: 1 d. red brown on blued, 3 d. bright blue and 6 d. deep green all used on delightful small 1860 envelope endorsed 'per Cunard Steamer' to Nice, Sardinia. The adhesives with excellent colour and large margins with just the 1 d. value being just shaved at left, tied by mute barrred grid handstamps in black and by 'London / Paid' transit cds (March 5) in red. Manuscript '1/1d.' at left and reverse with Halifax despatch cds (Feb 23) and 'Nizza Mara.' arrival cds (March 8) in black. A famous and very rare cover. Cert. RPS (2011). Note: This cover remains the sole known usage to continental Europe other than France - Sardinia returned Nice to France just 16 days after the arrival of this letter as a result of the Treaty of Turin (March 24, 1860). Provenance: Argenti, Mayer, Hackmey.

1 d. red-brown, 3 singles with 3 d. bright blue, all with mostly clear to wide margins, touched or slightly cut-into in places, used with grill cancels on small entire letter with clear dispatch mark "AMHERST OC 19 1860" to Wallace with faint arrival mark; one 1 d. tiny tear and the franking with slight creasing at top, otherwise fine and very attractive, a most likely unique franking of the double internal rate; certificate BPA (1999). Provenance: Gibson (1944) Koh Seow Chuan (1999) Joseph Hackmey

1 d. red-brown, vertical pair with long scissors cut between the stamps, the top stamp with clear to good margins, the bottom stamp cut-into at left, together with 6 d. yellow-green with good margins all around, tied by oval grill to envelope backstamped "HALIFAX OC 12 1854" to Forfar, Scotland with green arrival mark on reverse; adjacent "PKT. LETTER PAID LIVERPOOL"; a faint horizontal crease affecting the top 1 d., cover with some staining, otherwise fine; the only recorded cover that shows an overpayment of the 7½ d.-rate. Provenance: Joseph Hackmey

3 d. deep blue, 2 pairs and single stamp, one pair with large margins all around, the others partly slightly touched, tied by grill cancel to large part of folded quintuple-rate letter from Halifax 1855 to Richibucto, New Brunswick with dispatch and transit marks on reverse; inside with complete text: the sender enclosed 28 pounds in cash and 12 postage stamps equal to 3 shillings... "I have taken 5 stamps to prepay the postage"; filing creases partly repaired affecting one stamp; a very rare multiple franking. Provenance: John F. Seybold, Syracuse (1910) Nicholas Argenti (1963) Louise Boyd Dale and Alfred F. Lichtenstein (1968-70)

3 d. blue, 2 diagonal bisects in different shades, partly cut-into and one with 2 creases before it was used, tied by clear grill cancel to entire letter from "HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA JY 3 1857" to Pictou with arrival mark of the next day; a fine and rare franking, only 3 such double bisect covers are known. Certificate BPA 1998, as postal fraud SG 2

6 d. olive-yellow, 5 singles, one with large margins all around, the others mostly good margins, just touched or slightly cut-into in places, all tied by grill "1" to double rate lettersheet to London with red "PAID"-marking on front, tying one stamp additionally; a very fine letter with remarkable franking, the largest known of the 6 pence value on cover; certificate BPA (1999). Provenance: Maurice Burrus (1962) 'Foxbridge' Collection (John du Pont, 1987) Koh Seow Chuan (1999) Warren Wilkinson (2011) Joseph Hackmey 

1851/60: 3 d. blue, a diagonally bisected example used as 1½ d., overlapping fine 6 d. yellow green on 1860 cover to London to pay the 7½ d. rate, the stamps cancelled by barred obliterator in black. Reverse with PICTOU / NS datestamp of depatch (Jan 24) and front with 'London / Paid' arrival cds (Feb 6) in red. A fine and very scarce usage. Handstamped Vincent Graves Greene. Cert. PF (1993) Scott 2a+5 = $ 3'750 / Gi. 2'500+.

6 d. yellow-green, 2 single copies with clear to wide margins (one with tiny nick just touching the design) tied by oval grill to double-rate registered envelope with manuscript "Registered" from "ANNAPOLIS N.S. AP 26 1858" to St. John, New Brunswick with arrival mark; one stamp with small corner crease at top right; part of the reverse flap missing and slight usual edgewear; a rare letter, certificate Philatelic Foundation (2004).