Canada: New Brunswick: 1792 entire letter from Jonathan Bliss to his wife in Springfield, Mass., headed “St. John New Brunswick/June 26th 1792” and endorsed “Schooner Harmony/New York”, carried privately and entering post on arrival showing straight line “N York July 9” handstamp and with “15” paid in red for onward carriage to Springfield (15c. rate for 151-200 miles from Feb. 20 1792). Driven from Massachussetts, Bliss (1742-1822) in 1785 had accepted the position of attorney general in the newly created province of New Brunswick. In 1790, tiring of cold nights and celibacy, Bliss had returned to Springfield to wed (nearly 20 years his junior) Mary Worthington before his return to Saint John where he purchased a large house previously owned by his friend, Benedict Arnold. Photo. (Image1)

Canada: New Brunswick: 1792 entire letter from Jonathan Bliss to his father-in-law John Worthington in Springfield, Mass., headed “St. John New Brunswick/July 31st 1792” and endorsed “Sloop Hibernia/Capt. Leavitt”, carried as ship letter and entering post on arrival showing straight line “BOSTON” handstamp and ‘Bishopmark’, with “14” paid, representing 4c. ship rate + 10c. onward carriage to Springfield (10c. rate for 60-100 miles from Feb. 20 1792). Driven from Massachussetts, Bliss (1742-1822) in 1785 had accepted the position of attorney general in the newly created province of New Brunswick. In 1790, tiring of cold nights and celibacy, Bliss had returned to Springfield to wed (nearly 20 years his junior) Mary Worthington before his return to Saint John where he purchased a large house previously owned by his friend, Benedict Arnold. Photo. (Image1)

Canada: New Brunswick: 1796 entire with exceptionally fine two line “St. John, N* B*/Aprile. I 96”, addressed to Isaac Hedden in Fredericton charged 7d. cy. (for carriage between 61 and 100 miles). Rare and early internal usage. In the preceding years British loyalist Hedden (1759-1802), clerk of the House of Assembly and former New Jersey volunteer, had charted much of the area including the post route from the city of Saint John to the Saint Lawrence river. Photo. (Image1)

Canada: New Brunswick: 1815 ship letter via New Brunswick from the disrupted period after the War of 1812 with straight line “St John NB” and ms. date “Jany. 21st 1815”, originating from Eastport, Maine and addressed to Halifax, Nova Scotia, charged a total of 11d. with “ship” endorsement resulting in 1d. added to 10d. mileage charge from St John to Halifax, the wrapper fragile along folds; also 1833 entire from Eastport to Boston with superb curved scroll “SHIP/6” handstamp in red. (2 items) Photo. (Image1)

Canada: New Brunswick: 1828 entire with very fine strike of the rare two line “ST ANDREWS/NEW BRUNSWK” with ms. date “31 May 1828” inserted, addressed to William Frankin Odell in Fredericton, endorsed “paid/9” in red ink. In 1815 Odell (1774-1844) had been appointed Provincial Secretary in succession to his father Jonathan and in 1818 became principal surveyor for the British in the determination of the boundary with the United States. Photo. (Image1)

Canada: New Brunswick: 1835 clean and attractive incoming entire to Fredericton from Maine, U.S.A. with fine unframed “ST. ANDREWS/N.B.” struck in blue at border with “10 Au/35” inserted in ms., with Waterville Aug. 4 despatch c.d.s. and straight line “PAID” in red, charged “183/4” to border, 11d. cy. for carriage to Fredericton, this incorporating 2d. cy. added by waykeeper for his own remuneration. Photo. (Image1)

Canada: New Brunswick: 1835 to 1855, five stampless items, comprising 1835 Fredericton to Quebec rated “1/4” cy.; 1844 Woodstock to Quebec charged “1/11/2”, 1851 St John to Boston with Paid c.d.s., paid “7” to ‘the lines’, charged “10” (c.) St Andrews to Boston; 1855 Tobique to Sunbury county with “3D” in circle charge mark; also 1837 double rate “PAID 2/8” from Quebec to Sir John Harvey in Fredericton.

Canada: New Brunswick: 1857 envelope to Ireland at 71/2d. packet rate paid by 3d. pair and diagonally bisected single tied by oval grid “13” cancellations, addressed to Major M.S.T. Dennis of the 76th Regiment of Foot and carried on the “America” from Halifax with tombstone “PKT LETTER/PAID/LIVERPOOL/SP 20/57” in red, backstamped Fredericton Sept. 6 despatch, Dublin and Parsonstown Sept. 21., minor cover creasing. Photo. (Image1)

Canada: New Brunswick: 1870 incoming entire from the U.K. to St John, sent from Liverpool Jan. 6 with endorsement per the “Nova Scotian”, this the first day of the reduced rate of 6d. per 1/2oz., here paid by 6d. mauve pl. 8 LF with late fee 1d. pl. 108 FF, tied by “466” duplexes, with St. John receiving datestamp of “JA26/1870” on reverse. Photo. (Image1)

Canada: New Brunswick: 1851-60 1s. plate proof block of four in black printed on thick card, fine. Photo. (Image1)