Sale 1218 — The "Dubois" Collection of Important Prestamp Covers and Postal Markings of British North America, 1694-1861
Sale Date — Tuesday, 24 March, 2020
Category — Nova Scotia to Great Britain
One of only three examples of Postmaster Joseph Peters’s “Halifax” manuscript provisional postmark(Halifax to London, England, 1784). Folded cover to London with red manuscript “Halifax 2 Dec” provisional postmark on bottom flap written by Joseph Peters, Deputy Postmaster General of Nova Scotia, rated “5/10” and “1/-”, London “7/IA” Bishop mark struck on arrival
VERY FINE. A REMARKABLE EARLY HALIFAX ITEM WITH POSTMASTER JOSEPH PETERS’S PROVISIONAL MANUSCRIPT MARKING. ONLY THREE EXAMPLES ARE RECORDED.
For years it was thought that only one example of this marking existed, as noted in The Nova Scotia Post by J. J. MacDonald. Nova Scotia collector Dr. Sandy Clark discovered two others, including the cover offered here. The three examples are dated “31 Aug” (ex Dr. Clark), “2 Dec” (the example offered here, ex Dr. Clark) and “5 Dec” (ex de Volpi, Glassco and Greene).
Ex Dr. Clark
