Lot 136
Canada, 1868, 15¢ red lilac (29b), tied by cork cancels, along with two 1¢ orange yellow (23) and a 6¢ dark brown (27), which have all been overlapped, on cover from Toronto to London, England, postmarked by a barely visible Mar 1(4?) Toronto c.d.s. and black straight line "REGISTERED" with red crowned "REGISTERED" transit and two strikes brown London "REGISTERED/W.C.D.O." c.d.s. March 27, 1869; the 6¢ has a rounded corner and a crease that occurred prior to use and there are some minor edge tears in the cover, a Fine and rare franking showing 15¢ for postage by Cunard packet and 8¢ for registration.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
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| Realized $15,000 |
