Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Asia / Africa, Europe A –Z, Collections & Accumulations - Day 4

1868: 15c. red lilac on thin paper, first printing, paying the ½oz. letter rate to England via New York, tied to cover to Stroud, Gloucestershire, by black grid cancel, postmarked Kingston (11 Apr), endorsed "per Cunard Steamer" at upper left, carried via the "Australasian" which reached Queenston on April 24, next-day Stroud c.d.s. arrival backstamp, small edge tears and faults, adhesive with some light toning, yet a rare and very early usage.rnProvenance: Collection Ron Brigham, Brigham Auctions, 22 February, 2014, lot 567, with his backstamp.