Lot 410
Canada, 1857, Queen Victoria, ½d rose (Unitrade 8), three singles, used with two 3d red (4) singles, each with three or four margins, all tied on cover by light strikes of numeral "37" four-ring cancels on cover to England, matching "Quebec L.C., SP 12 1857" origin c.d.s., red "By-Canadian/Packet" two-line handstamp over stamps, and endorsed "p North America" at top left, red "Pkt. Letter Paid Liverpool, SP 23 '57" tombstone transit datestamp, reverse with Clifton (9.24) and Bristol (9.24) datestamps, Very Fine. Scott 8.
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
A REMARKABLE AND MOST LIKELY UNIQUE FRANKING PROPERLY PREPAYING THE 7½D ALLAN LINE RATE, QUITE UNUSUAL AFTER THE 7½D STAMPS WERE ISSUED.
Provenance: W. Lea, Craveri, Wilkinson
Carried on the Allan Line's "North American" leaving Quebec City on September 12 and arriving at Liverpool on September 23.
Illustrated in Arfken, Leggett, Firby & Steinhart, p. 262.
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