Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 3

1859 (Sept 10): Great Britain 1857 4 d. rose, two examples in a bright shade but one crossed by file fold, used on 1859 cover from Kingstown to Baltimore, USA endorsed 'p. Mail via St. Thomas', tied by fine strikes of the "A10" obliterator in black and by "Steamship / 20" charge marking. Reverse with single ring ST. VINCENT cds (Sept 10) and 'St. Thomas' transit cds (Sept 14) in black. An attractive and very scarce cover.rnProvenance: Collection Louise Boyd Dale & Alfred Lichtenstein, Harmers, New York, 17-18 Feb 1969, lot 267; Collection J.L. Bobbie Messenger.rnrn