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Canada: New Brunswick; Great Britain to New Brunswick Turner Correspondence, 1839 Folded trans-Atlantic letter, written in Bedford, England March 29, 1839 by John Turner to his brother Thomas Turner in St Andrews, bearing very fine strike of large 1 AP 1839 Crown LIVERPOOL SHIP LETTER plus red NEW YORK SHIP MAY 5 and manuscript "Per English Mail",on reverse undated Bedford receiver. US rate is 27 (25¢ postage plus 2¢ ship fee) 14 ½d. Part of the Famous Turner Correspondence.
Interesting contrary routing, going through New York. Great Penmanship. The Bedfordshire Historical Record Society Published The Turner Letters in 2022. The book covers the years 1830-45 and give a lively view of life in a rural village in times of upheaval. John's brother, Thomas, was a merchant in a small Canadian port close to the United States border. Part of the correspondence relates to Thomas's suppliers and gives an idea of the precariousness and danger of the passage from England to Canada and the difficulties of setting up a new business overseas.
Newfoundland Used to Christmas Island, C.B. 1865, 13¢ orange on yellowish fine, tied by 2 cork cancels on blue envelope, bearing red ST. JOHNS NEWFOUNDLAND JU 26 1867 c.d.s. addressed to Christmas Island, Cape Breton (CB), on reverse company embossing,bb SYDNEY C.B. transit (Scott 30 $550 )
Newfoundland: Airmail; 1931, Trans- Atlantic $1 in black, Large cut down trial color proof, no watermark or die number extremely fine . Pratt-Minuse C8TC 1B var., Greene Cert. (2022)(Scott C8 TC )
Newfoundland: Airmail; 1931, Trans- Atlantic $1 in blue, Large Die Proof, no die number extremely fine . Pratt-Minuse C8Pld, Greene Cert. (2022)(Scott C8P )
Nova Scotia Air Post: 1921 35¢ red Three covers., Halifax Air Mail Overprint, variety "period after 1", respectively Nov 24 to Vancouver, Nov 26 to the United States, Nov 26 to Halifax all very fine