Lot 123
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
