Lot 172
Newfoundland SG 3 on local cover to Carbonear




Stamps and Covers of the World Including the Hambledon Collection Part III | S26027
Auction: 17 & 18 November 2026, 10:30 GMT
Description
1861 local cover from St. Johns to Carbonear, bearing 3d yellowish-green (on thick machine-made wove), with touching to large margins, lightly struck by oval of bars, with St. Johns Newfoundland d/s for JU 28 1861 in red alongside. A rare stamp on cover, listed as number 17 in Pratt's census of ‘Pence’ issues on cover (pp153) Philatelic Foundation Cert. (1963) SG 3
Footnote
Ex Burrus (RL 2.4.1963 Lot 481) and Sidney Harris (SGA 16.10.1968 Lot 46, realised £250).




