Lot 3276
1854-55, 3¢ rose red (11), large margins to cutting, tied by red grid on April 1854 folded letter with New York dateline, to St. Pierre Miquelon, carried on the Cunard packe Canada from Boston, large "5" (d) due for packet postage, though this should ha ve been rated 8d for mail going beyond Halifax, additional ms. "75 cen" at TR, Halifax backstamp, Fine, an enormously rare destination and possibly unique with this combination of due markings. Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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Realized $1,900 |