Lot 51063 – 1851 (Sep 2) envelope from Truro to Halifax with 1851 3d blue sent on the second day of use

1851 (Sep 2) envelope from Truro to Halifax with 1851 3d blue, fine to very good margins, tied by a good strike of the oval grill cancel, reverse with despatch and arrival ds, paying the single internal letter rate, a very fine and fresh cover, which was sent on the second day of use of postage stamps in Nova Scotia, and the earliest known cover of Nova Scotia bearing a stamp, a superb exhibition showpiece for a BNA collector; cert. Sismondo (2010) and Vincent Graves (1987).