Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

1851/60: 6 d. bright yellow on blued paper, a fine used example with large even margins all round, on 1855 entire letter to Waterford, Ireland tied by oval "8" grill handstamps in blue also cancelling manuscript "Paid 1½" in ink. Reverse with "CHATHAM / N.B." despatch cds in blue (March 28), "W.O.DOUGLASTOWN" cds of transit in black (March 28) and "BEND OF PETIT CODIAC / N.B." cds (now Moncton) in black. An unusual part payment of the 7½ d. rate to the United Kingdom. Rare.