Description:

LORD HOWE PROVISIONAL: 1½d carmine-red affixed to a commercial cover & just tied - at right by "PM" - by manuscript endorsement "2d/paid/PM/LHI" BW #139c to Sydney with poor 'LORD HOWE_ ISLAND/23AU/1930/NSW' cds alongside, roughly opened (fortunately without damaging the stamp), vertical fold & minor aging, Cat $3250: see Note 2 on page 5/20. Rare: the only example we have offered. [See also Lot 319]



The ACSC at page 5/20 gives a fairly detailed account of the creation of the "Lord Howe Island Provisionals" and states "For the first despatch to the mainland, dated 22 or 23AU/1930, the Postmaster's endorsement was applied after affixing the stamp to the cover, and in effect cancelled and tied the stamp, with the...datestamp appearing alongside...Such covers are very rare...and are worth a considerable premium".