Folded lettersheet datelined "Manudie" and sent to Hartford, USA, manuscript "1½" and rated "10" at the border, showing a clear, complete Amherst, N.S. British CROWNED CIRCLE in red, same-ink double arc MR 17 1846 dispatch on reverse with light transit St. Andrews, NB MA 20 backstamp in blue. Robbinston, Maine trans-border circular postmark in red; couple light file folds as usual and small tear at top. An appealing and very early use of this marking, VF (SG CC1 £1,000) (Image)

Estimate 400 $