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