Lot 137
Canada, 1868, 2¢ green and 6¢ dark brown (24, 27), two of each, tied by mute circular obliterators on yellow cover from Montreal to Exeter, England, postmarked Montreal broken circle, June 6, 1870, and three strikes red straight line "REGISTERED" with weak strike red British crown over "REGISTERED", no backstamps; light horizontal file fold through stamps, one 6¢ small perf faults, otherwise Fine.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
This cover bears the newly instituted rate of 8¢ to the U.K. via New York (plus 8¢ registry fee). As a result of an 1868 agreement between the U.S. and the Hamburg-American Line it was carried to England by the German packet "SILESIA".
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