Canada 6 d. slate-violet, in horizontal strip of 3, the left stamp cut-into at bottom and left, otherwise clear to wide margins, tied by target cancel and red boxed “COLONIES & c. Art 12” to lettersheet from “NEW-CARLISLE GASPE DE 1 1851” to France, showing on reverse transit marks of Chatham, Peticodiac and Sackville. The franking paid the 3 d. overland rate to Nova Scotia and the colonial packet rate of 15 d. currency from Halifax to Britain; in France taxed “15” (decimes). The mail was closed at the Sackville exchange office and the letter carried on vessel ‘Asia’, which arrived at Liverpool 20.12.1851; the cover skillfully repaired in the folds, a faint vertical crease affecting the left stamp. A remarkable cover with the largest multiple of this stamp on cover Provenance: Sam Nickle (1993) Warren Wilkinson (2007) Joseph Hackmey (2011)
(via Philasearch.com - Canada, Michel 2)
Public Auction
Minimum bid
35,000.00 EUR
End date of bidding:
15.05.2015
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