POSSIBLY EARLIEST KNOWN USAGE 1860 Folded entire from St. John’s to Townsend MA/USA, franked by 1857 5d brown-purple, touched on one side o/w with good margins, despatch cds JL 4 1860 and BOSTON JUL 5 transit cds alongside, adhesive is believed by some to be of the Venetian red shade (1860), an item for the student Expertise: cert. BPA and Vincent Graves Greene Estimate: € 1’000 – € 1’500 (Image)