Lot 50123 – 1858–59 ½d Rose Perforated – Multiple Stamps on Entire
Lot 50123 – 1858–59 ½d Rose Perforated – Multiple Stamps on Entire
1858–59 ½d Rose Perforated – Multiple Stamps on Entire
½d rose, perforated, comprising three singles, a pair, a strip of three, and a strip of four, all tied by Toronto Grid on entire letter 29 April 1859, with red PAID to Scranton, Pennsylvania. This represents a double letter rate. Showpiece.
Only one other franking is known with more Pence stamps: the famous thirteenfold internal letter, and another featuring a block of 12 ½d imperforate, illustrated in Boggs.
Note: For ½d stamps, purchases of 20 or more allowed a 5% discount. The stamps were valid for letter postage, as confirmed in a letter dated 11 January 1858 to a postmaster, though such usages were exceptional. Illustrated in Arfken.
Provenance: Morton, Lea, Nickle, Carrington, Wilkinson, Hackmey.
Expertise: Cert. Vincent Graves Greene (2002)
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