Lot 207
Canada 1851, 6d brownish purple, laid paper (2), deep color and large to ample margins, tied by target cancellation on 1852 envelope to Petersborough showing "Ogdensburgh N.Y./Apr 13" origin c.d.s. adjacent, the Ogdensburgh exchange office (located across the river from Prescott, U.C.) having applied the fancy "U.States" scroll type handstamp and handstruck "10" (indicating postage due) next to the stamp which it did not accept and therefore left uncancelled, while once it crossed the river the postal clerk at Prescott accepted the stamp and cancelled it with his target device as well as obliterating the "10" due marking with the same canceller, adjacent to which is the "Prescott U.C./Apr. 13" double arc d.s. in red indicating pre-payment of postage backstamped "Kingston U.C." (Apr. 15) and "Cobourg U.C." Apr. 16) transits along the Lake Ontario route; also 3d orange vermilion on laid paper (1a, SG1a) with large margins, cancelled by target on 1852 (May 1) envelope to Petersborough via Kingston (May 2) and Cobourg (May 5) which confirms the routing within Canada; Very Fine and a splendid pair of covers illustrating cross river and cross-border routing along Lake Ontario. SG 2.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
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