Lot 429
Canada, 1857, Queen Victoria, 7½d green (Unitrade 9), large to huge margins, deep color, tied by bold numeral "21" four-ring cancel on mourning cover to Ireland, matching "Montreal L.C., AU 23 1858" origin c.d.s., reverse with sharp "By-Canadian Packet" two-line handstamp in red, "Pkt. Letter Paid, Liverpool, SP 9 '58" tombstone transit, "Dublin, SE 11 1858" arrival backstamp; Very Fine. Scott 9.
Estimate $4,000 - 5,000
A CHOICE 7½¢ USAGE TO IRELAND.
Provenance: Geldert
Carried on the Allan Line's Nova Scotia leaving Quebec on August 28 and arriving into Liverpool on September 9.
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