Lot 16
Canada, Cross-Border Money Letter with U.S. postage unpaid, blue cover postmarked red Quebec broken circle, Jan 29, 1848, with red "MONEY-LETTER" handstamp, crowned circle "PAID/AT/QUEBEC" and manuscript rate "11½"(d), backstamped Montreal Jan 31 where an additional red "MONEY-LETTER" was added on the front, faint red c.d.s. with an illegible February date applied by the exchange office at Stanstead along with a rectangle of diagonal bars, obliterating the "PAID" in the crown circle, and a red boxed "5" for the U.S. postage due; also includes an ordinary (non money letter) folded letter from Montreal to New York with a similar rectangle obliterating the "PAID" in the Montreal "PAID" handstamp, again with an illegible red Stanstead c.d.s. but this one with a red boxed "10"(¢) due for U.S. postage over 300 miles.
Estimate 500 - 750
Between Nov 16, 1847 and May 14 1849, U.S. postage could no longer be prepaid in cash but only by applying U.S. stamps.
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| Realized $900 |
