U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 9-10, 2014

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Lot #539
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW BRUNSWICK
1851 6p yellow on blue paper, full to clear margins all around, red "paid" cancel, used on Valentine cover addressed to Philadelphia, with "Providence of New Brunswick" and "Express Mail St. John Feb 13 1854 (?)" cancels, v.f. and rare, with 1992 Philatelic Foundation Certificate. From July 23, 1853 through early 1856, the U.S. Post Office extended steamboat letter service to St John. A fabulous cover, ex-Chapman, Dale-Lichtenstein, Weill, Clifford-Jones, J. Robertson and Wilkinson collections
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Catalog #2
Price Realized
$7,500.00

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