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

1868: 3 d. deep dull purple, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 12½, Thick Bar surcharge (B), two used examples with 1864 1 d. lake, wmk. Crown CC, Thin Bar surcharge, perf. 12½ (A) two examples and late usage of 1861 6 d. blue, rough perf. 14-16 on 1873 cover to Edgartown, Mass., USA all tied by dotted segmented cork handstamps in black. "ST. HELENA" despatch cds (May 22) in black, manuscript "3" credit to St. Helena, "London / Paid" cds in red and thence via New York where "2" credit marking applied in red. A rare three colour franking with a most unusual mix of issues. Cert. RPSL (1989).rnrnProvenance: Harmers, London, 28 Jan 1998, lot 707; Collection Hugh W. Wood.