Sale No: 3010
Lot No:10
Symbol:img s
Cat No:Collection
New Brunswick Used in USA on Double Rate Cover to New Brunswick, 1851 3d dull red on blued paper (Scott 1; SG 2) pair with with ample to large margins and folded between, cover with embossed «American Institute of the City of New York» seal on backflap, entered the mails in the New York City with stamps tied by black «NEW YORK / SEP 4» cds and by black oval «UNITED / STATES» exchange handstamp, straightline «Held for Postage» deleted by cross-out and annotated «10» (cents), backstamped New York, St John»s Sept 9, Upper Sussex and Sussex Vale, a rare and most unusual usage with no comparables in the Argenti, Koh Seow Chuan or Wilkinson collections; 1993 and 2009 BPA certificates; Provenance: Dale-Liechtenstein (sale 7, lot 282) Harmers Auctions SA (sale June 4, 1994, lot 177, Hammer CHF 70,000) «Foxbridge» (Image 2)(Image)