Sale No: 5142
Lot No:6247
Symbol:Cat No:6

Prince Edward Island, 1871 (Oct.), double-rate cover sent Charlotte Town to Cobourg, postage paid by horizontal pair of 3d blues (#6) tied by Star duplex (date illegible); Montreal Oct. 7 transit on reverse; part of backflap missing, tear to top center of cover front repaired from within by hinge, Fine to Very Fine, a rare double-rate franking, with only eight examples bearing 3d pairs recorded, Ex-Dr. RVC Carr, Warren S. Wilkinson. (Image)

Sale No: 5142
Lot No:6249
Symbol:Cat No:11, 15

Prince Edward Island, 1872 (Apr. 29), registered cover to Charlotte Town, large blue envelope (197 x 99 mm), bearing 1¢ orange and 6¢ black (#11, 15), with black manuscript "$" cancels, which are generally believed to have been used at Alberton; manuscript "No 118" Registry notation to right; PEI dater on reverse; 4¢ defective, cover with some wear, still Very Fine, a scarce franking, Ex-Norman Brassler, Warren S. Wilkinson. (Image)

Sale No: 5142
Lot No:6250
Symbol:Cat No:13

Prince Edward Island, 1873 (May 27), local Charlotte Town cover, with a 3¢ rose franking (#13) tied by segmented wedge cork cancel, large PEI origin below; small-diameter Charlotte-Town next-day receiver on reverse; part of right flap on reverse missing, but of no importance, Very Fine, a rare cover, with fewer than ten of this cancel recorded, Ex-Saint. (Image)