1840-81 Entire letters and covers including 1840 letter prepaid 1/- with Halifax Paid datestamp, carried on the return maiden voyage of "Caledonia"; 1840 letter from the Governor Lord Falkland with Halifax c.d.s, charged 1/-; 1841 letter from an M.P at Picton, franked so exempt from inland postage, charged 2/-; 1841 entire prepaid 1/2 sterling (1/4 Cy) with circular "PAID" and "CUMBERLAND / N.S"; 1860 entire with Nova Scotia 12½c (file fold); 1873-74 covers franked Canada 5c rate (2, one first voyage of "Hibernian" via St. Johns); 1881 cover franked 2c + 3c with letter from H.M.S "Northampton" at Halifax, etc. (10).
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1851-1903 Entire letters, covers, card and a parcel label from G.B, including 1851 cover from Dublin, bearing a 1d red (late fee?), treated as unpaid with "1/3" (Cy) charge mark and "10d" accountancy mark (M66); 1862 cover to H.M.S "Spiteful" at Halifax with six 1d reds; 1869 cover franked 1/8 with a 2d late fee handstamp; 1856 printed notice advertising the sailing of the clipper "White Star" for Halifax, bearing 2d + 1855 4d on deeply blued glazed paper; other covers franked 1/-, 9d, 6d, 5d, 3d, 2½d (3, one with Dublin Late Fee duplex) or 1d, and 1903 Book Post address label franked 5d. (15).
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Cat No: 3/3a
1856 (Mar 25) Front and upper flap from Amherst to Liverpool, bearing 1851 3d bright blue (2, four margins, one crossed by pressed file fold) and a bisected 3d, paying the 7½d rate, each cancelled by an oval of bars, also tied by red Liverpool Pkt. Letter Paid datestamp (Apr 6), Amherst and Halifax backstamps and handstruck "5", carried on the Cunard "Arabia". Pencil inscription "Warranted as original by H.L Hart, Halifax N.S", with R.P.S Certificate (1938). S.G. 3/3a, £2,500. Photo on Page 138. (Image1)
