Newfoundland 24 Officials beautifully franked with two pairs

beautifully franked with two pairs of 2c orange RLS neatly cancelled by segmented corks

all with six pence denomination- Five die proofs on card and / or india paper in three different colours- Plate proofs in black and in brown- Wide Gutter margin block of 54 with full imprint at foot

manuscript GAC Carnival written on stamp

chestnut brown

Newfoundland 24 Officials beautifully franked with two pairs2 Codfish Large Die Essay engraved by Charles Henry Jeens of Perkins, Bacon Co. for the first cents issue of 1865, with oval lathework surrounding the vignette, printed in black on india paper and die dunk on larger card ideal for exhibition, VF and rare