1843 (October 12) Folded entire mailed from Quebec to Lyon, France, nice strike of British Crowned Paid at Quebec handstamp in red, same-ink Quebec double arc dispatch at left, endorsed "Par Halifax & Liverpool", rated "2/10" sterling for 3/2 currency, London tombstone PAID 30 OC 1843 and oval "PD" handstamp in red, Boulogne 1 NOV transit on front; Paris and partial Lyon receiver backstamps, VF (Image)

Estimate 500 $

1844 (January 5) Folded lettersheet from Toronto to Paris, endorsed "via d'Angleterre", double arc dispatch in black at left, same-ink PAID handstamp, rated "2/-" sterling or "2/3" currency with 2½ currency debit rating; London tombstone PAID 19 FE 1844 in red along with same-ink "P-D" handstamp indicating prepayment to France; with Quebec and Boulogne transits in red, VF (Image)

Estimate 500 $

Retaliatory Period 1849 (March 20) Folded entire written in French with dateline "Port Dover le 18 février 1849" prepaid to Aix-en-Provence, France, light Port Dover double arc dispatch with manuscript date, manuscript rate "1/11 stg" (sterling) in red for equivalent rating "2/2 cy" (currency), carried by Cunard Line via Halifax to Liverpool during retaliatory rate period (until mid-May), Paid 1 MY 1849 British transit in red and oval "PD", Brantford, Simcoe, Montreal and French receivers, couple small edge tears. A nice Trans-Atlantic rate cover, VF (Image)

Estimate 350 $

Folded printed circular with minutes of "Bank of Upper Canada / General Election" dated June 25, 1859 mailed from Toronto to Bath, England with "PAID 9791 / VIA QUEBEC" bank's charge account number and light red "PAID 3" handstamps in red, shortpays the minimum required printed matter rate of 4d (this particular rate at the time was known as Book Post effective April 20, 1859 to December 1869) or 7c as of July 1 for not over 4 ounces. Carried on the Allan Line "Nova Scotian" from Quebec on July 9 arriving in Liverpool with clear Paid Liverpool Col Packet 19 JY 59 circular datestamp in red, Bath receiver on back. An exceedingly rare printed matter mailed during the Pence era to United Kingdom, VF Provenance: Warren Wilkinson, June 2007; Lot 213 This particular rate and classification, neither a newspaper nor a prices current, may have benefited from a possible preferred rate. Literature: Illustrated in Arfken, Leggett et al. "Canada's Pence Era" book on page 276-277 (Figure 255). (Image)

Estimate 1000 $

1871 (January 7) Small cover from Windsor, Ont. to Munich, Bavaria via New York by Cunard Line via England, showing PAID handstamp and manuscript rate "18¢" at top right, London PAID 25 JA 71 transit and red oval "PD" handstamp, blue Aachen 26 1 transit and black Munchen 28 JA receiver; 18c prepaid in cash (16c pre-UPU letter rate plus Cunard Line 2c surtax for mail via US Packet New York to England). A lovely prepaid cover to Bavaria, VF This cover was mailed to Bavaria only a few days prior to the unification of the German Empire on January 18, 1871. The rate to Bavaria from February 1870 to late September 1872 was 16c for first quarter ounce. (Image)

Estimate 500 $

Selection of Covers from Canada to France Neat lot of 10 stampless covers mailed from Montreal between 1843 and 1860, sent unpaid (3) or prepaid (7) to France, mostly carried by Cunard and displaying various rates and postal markings, mailed via Boston (or New York) and London. Noting many different Anglo French postal accountancy handstamps and markings, manuscripts, etc. A perfect lot for studying these complex rates and markings, F-VF (Image)

Estimate 750 $