383rd Auction

Newfoundland: 1852, folded letter to Newfoundland, datelined St. Johns P.R. [Puerto Rico], with printed commercial contents, reverse with fair SAN JUAN PORTO RICO despatch strike of the British Post Office (15 Jun), St. Thomas double-arc transit alongside (22 Jun), manuscript notation “Paid at D.I. 1/8cy”, adjacent “1/6” due marking, “St. John’s Newfoundland” arrival backstamp (12 July), trivial filing folds, a rare destination.