1857, 6-1/2p Scarlet Vermilion
(7, SG 7). Ample margins all around, Very Fine, with 1963 Diena
certificate, SG £2,250 (Image)
1857, 1sh Scarlet Vermilion
(9, SG 9). Full even margins all around, neat grid cancel, small thin
spot at B.L. corner, Extremely Fine appearance, SG £4,750 (Image)
1860, 6p Orange (13, SG
14). Horizontal pair, large margins all around, neat grid cancels and
trace of red cancel at bottom leftEXTREMELY FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE. ONE OF ONLY FOUR RECORDED PAIRS OF THE NEWFOUNDLAND 6-PENCE ORANGE. A GREAT RARITY.
Robert H. Pratt, in The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-66, records only four off-cover pairs, and none on cover. SG £1,200 as two singles. Scott Retail as two singles (Image)
1927, 60c Black, De Pinedo Air
Post (C4, SG 163). Tied by "St. Johns, N'fld May 20, 1927" wavy-lines
machine cancel on cover addressed to "The Liverpool & London & Globe
Insce.Co. Ltd" in Liverpool, England, blue Bowring Brothers sender's corner
card on backflap, additional Trepassy datestamp, Rome receiving backstamp
dated May 22EXTREMELY FINE AND CHOICE. ONLY 225 DE PINEDO STAMPS WERE USED ON FLIGHT COVERS, OF WHICH APPROXIMATELY 100 HAVE SURVIVED.
A great worldwide air post rarity (Image)
1930, 50c on 36c Olive Green,
Columbia Air Post (C5, SG 191). Position 3, rich color, barest faint
trace of hingingFRESH AND VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THIS AIR POST RARITY.
With 1990 B.P.A. certificate. SG £4,500 (Image)