Lot 116
Canada, Registered letter envelope-receipt, partly printed green envelope sent from St. John, N.B. to the postmaster at Digby, N.S. containing a registered letter for delivery in Shelburne, N.S., postmarked at St. John on Dec 12, 1871, the postmaster at Digby has penned through "Digby" and forwarded the cover through Yarmouth to Shelburne, backstamped Yarmouth N.S./Domn. of Canada, Dec 14 and Shelburne Dec 15, the postmaster at Shelburne has applied his c.d.s., Dec 18th, in the allotted space on the left end of the envelope and the addressee's agent has signed below as proof of delivery; small sealed tear at upper left, Very Fine and scarce.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
The postal inspector for New Brunswick, John McMillan, in order to speed up the handling of registered mail, substituted envelopes for the customary wrappers.
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