Newfoundland 6 Officials showing imprint and Series “2”

showing imprint and Series “2” number at top left

a select mint set of coil pairs

a precisely centered mint single with rich colour on fresh paper

an exceptional corner margin example

a nice mint single

Newfoundland 6 Officials showing imprint and Series “2”1857 Six pence, large engraved die proof printed in black on india paper 39 x 47mm; minor traces of foxing, the characteristics of the die proof are plainly visible the outer ring of the oval through the "STA" of "POSTAGE", horizontal line above "S" of SIX extends into the left "6", etc. A very rare die proof especially in this larger size rather than stamp size affixed to card normally found on early Perkins Bacon proofs, Very Fine (Minuse & Pratt