Lot 10030 – ONLY RECORDED STRIP OF THE SIX PENCE VALUE on a registered front

Lot 10030
St. Vincent
Price realised
3’000 GBP
Estimate
1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Auction date
Tue 30 Jun 2020 at 10:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description:
ONLY RECORDED STRIP OF THE SIX PENCE VALUE
1861 1d. rose-red pair and 6d. deep yellow-green strip of three each cancelled “A10”, on 1862 (26 Mar.) front registered to Hungerford, bearing wing “Crown/registered” h.s. in red, St. Vincent c.d.s. in black and London Paid transit d.s. (13.4) in red; the front with some light creases though a most attractive and colourful franking
Note: This is the only recorded used strip of the first 6d., and the earliest registered item from St. Vincent. The 1/8d. prepayment represents 6d. packet rate + 1/- registration fee + 2d. late fee
Provenance: Norman Brassler, December 1993, Peter Jaffé, March 2006
Catalogue reference: SG 1-2
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