Great Britain and British Commonwealth Transatlantic Mail
Sale No: 49
Lot No: 611
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1840-86 Entire letters and covers from G.B to USA (3) or Canada (8), comprising double rate letter with "38 / CENTS" and "48" charge and two quadruple rate letters with "76 / CENTS" and "96" charges to the USA; 1840 letter to Holland Landing prepaid at the 8d ship letter rate and sent on the "British Queen" to New York charged 27c; and stamped covers to Canada franked 1/-, 8d, 6d, 3d (3) or 2½d. (11).
Opening GBP 150.00
Sold...GBP 140.00
Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 49
Lot No: 612
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British Columbia. 1869-70 Covers to Victoria, the first a long cover from London sent at the 4oz quadruple rate with an 1867 2/- blue vertical pair; the second from Ardgay to the Hudson Bay Co store franked 1/-, a few minor edge faults, the first very unusual. (2).
Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 200.00
Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 49
Lot No: 613
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British Columbia. 1873-89 Covers from G.B to Victoria including 1873 cover from Devonport franked 3d, 1878-82 covers from London franked 2½d, 1889 cover from Glasgow to S.S "Islander" franked 6d (double rate, overpaid 1d, faults), 1881 cover from Jedburgh with ½d + 1d pair + 2½d paying the 5d double rate, 1885 cover from Edinburgh with 1883-84 issue 1½d lilac + 6d green paying the 7½d treble rate. (6).
Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 130.00
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Sale No: 49
Lot No: 614
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New Brunswick. 1840-57 Stampless entire letters from G.B comprising 1840 letter prepaid 1/- with Halifax transit c.d.s; 1842 (Jan 31) letter prepaid 1/2, sent on the "Caledonia" which suffered severe storm damage and had to return to Liverpool, the mail resent on the "Acadia"; 1843 unpaid letter to Miramichi missent to Frederickton; 1853 unpaid single and double rate letters with "10d" or scarce "1/8" accountancy marks of Liverpool showing the amount due to G.B (Tabeart M66, 71); and 1857 unpaid letter with "5d" accountancy mark (M59). A good lot, all sent by Cunard steamers. (6).
Opening GBP 180.00
Sold...GBP 240.00
Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 49
Lot No: 615
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New Brunswick. 1845-56 Entire letter and an entire franked by 1d reds, the 1845 letter prepaid 1/2 in cash from London to Frederickton with an imperf 1d red presumably paying a late fee; the 1856 entire franked 1d from Liverpool to St. Andrews N.B therefore sent to Scotland with arrival backstamp, opened by the Deputy Shipping Master and redirected to New Brunswick with St. John arrival backstamp, charged 7½Cy, Liverpool "5d" accountancy mark (M59). Two unusual covers. (2).
Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 210.00
Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 49
Lot No: 616
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Nova Scotia. 1815-55 Prestamp and stampless entire letters and covers from G.B, including covers with 10d accountancy marks (Tabeart M66, amount due to British P.O) and "1/3" (Cy) charge marks (3); covers with "5d" accountancy marks (M59) in black (2, one with red "1d", the other with "7½d" charge mark) or in red (with "7½d" charge mark), etc. Also two 1853-56 stampless covers from Boston to Nova Scotia with Boston 10c datestamps and "6" (Cy) charges, one with oval "UNITED / STATES", the other strangely with a Halifax Paid datestamp, all carried by Cunard steamers. (12).
Opening GBP 180.00
Sold...GBP 150.00
Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 49
Lot No: 617
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Prince Edward Island. 1858-59 Stampless entire letters from Liverpool to Charlotte Town sent on the "Niagara", or Charlotte Town to Scotland sent on the "Canada", both with the same large handstruck "6", the first applied upside down to show a charge of 9d Cy, the second indicating a charge of 6d sterling. An unusual pair. (2).
Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 110.00
Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
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Sale No: 49
Lot No: 618
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Prince Edward Island. 1862-72 Entires and covers from G.B franked 6d (5) or 3d (2), arrival backstamps of Charlotte Town or Summerside. (7).
