Lot 274
Canada, 1853, Beaver, 3d brown red (Unitrade 4a), large margins to clear at left, just tied by concentric rings cancel on small cover to Montreal, "St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad, FE 12 1855" (Boggs type 9a) rimless c.d.s., Montreal (2.12) backstamp; two tiny spindle holes, Very Fine and rare railroad use. Scott 4a.
Estimate $500 - 750
Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein
This cover was posted aboard or at a stop point of the St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad, the Canadian leg of the rail between Montreal and Portland, Me. The two legs met at Island Point, Vt. The railway began carrying mail on October 22, 1853.
Illustrated in Boggs, "Postage Stamps of Canada", page 649, fig. 1.
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