Details
cover Pair, enormous margins all round, tied by crisp triangular cancellation to entire letter, dated "Cradock, 23rd. April 1861", addressed to Graham's Town; entire letter, usual central filing crease, well clear of the stamps, backstamped red oval "CRADOCK/AP 23/1861", discussing the wool market; the pair has been lifted from the cover for examination and replaced; one of the finest of all "woodblock" covers
Provenance
J.W.K. Schofield, 1951 (as pale milky blue), lot 161
C. Emerson Huston, 1961 (as pale bright blue), lot 347
Colonel J.R. Danson, 1977, lot 1131
C. Emerson Huston, 1961 (as pale bright blue), lot 347
Colonel J.R. Danson, 1977, lot 1131