Lot 128
Newfoundland Postal Shortages collection...





















Stamps & Covers of the World | 5951
Auction: Day 1
£720
Description
1918-1930s collection of commercial and philatelic covers, showing relevant handstamps and bisects to conserve stocks of the lower value denominations, including: locally used cover with ‘Postage Paid/ G.P.O St.Johns NEWF’L'D h/s in violet, covers bearing Paid All circular h/s, 1894 undelivered postcard from England to Yarmouth, with appropriate transit and return markings with Dead Letter Office Canada d/s, 1918 local cover franked by 1911 2ct King George with bisect paying 3ct rate, with Gander Bay cds, and Reverend Cole unofficial bisects, generally fine condition.





















