Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 1

1868: 4 d. carmine, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 12½, FOUR PENCE with Thin Bar surcharge (A), single and a horizontal pair used on 1865 cover to London, all cancelled with "H" handstamps in black. Manuscript "11" in red crayon credit to GB and oval framed "ST. HELENA" despatch datestamp in blue adjacent (Jan 19), "London / Paid" arrival cds in red (Feb 13) all on obverse. Top flap missing but a fine and very rare cover.rnrnProvenance: Collection John Ayre / 'Jamestown', Harmers, London, 8 March 1989, lot 1183. Illustrated on the front cover of the catalogue; Harmers, London, 28 Jan 1998, lot 690.