Description
1891 (JY 11) cover to London franked at 2 1/2d rate by 1885-87 1d brownish claret vertical pair (from left of the sheet with imperf margin) and single bisected diagonally tied by three strikes of First Bisect cork cancel (Barnes 1/90) with very fine type F2 dispatch cds at left. Red London arrival backstamp of AU 11 91 on reverse. The piece with the stamps neatly cut out then hinged back into place and minor creasing still a fresh and attractive example of this provisional usage. This is cover No 115 in the Barnes census.
