CROSS BORDER TO CANADA. 1824 Folded letter written at Baltimore 30 SP and sent FREE in the US (endorsed J. S. Skinner, publisher of the ‘American Farmer’, who apparently had free-franking privileges in the US), sent through New York 2 OC (red cds), addressed to Queens Town, N. York, rated ms ‘2d’ (collect), the SPECIAL FERRIAGE RATE agreed upon for local delivery by the postmasters of Lewiston and Queenston, somewhat stained and grubby but an EXTREMELY RARE RATE COVER, ex Palmer (Image)

Est. 500+

1825 Folded cross-border letter from Batavia, NY 28 JU to Gananoque, rated ms ‘18¾’ to border, exchanged at Ogdensburg/Prescott and rated ms ‘4½’ plus ‘2’ for the Canadian postage (under 60 miles) and 2d FERRIAGE RATE, some stains and ownership backstamp, otherwise fine and scarce with postage and ferriage rates noted separately. (Image)

Est. 300+

1828 Folded cross-border letter from Ballston Spa, NY 1 SEP to Niagara Falls and rated ‘18¾’ (¢ US), with manuscript ‘fee 2’ notation (2d cy ferriage charge) for a total of 1/5 (cy), filing folds, fine. (Image)

Est. 120+

1830 Folded cross-border letter from Philadelphia 17 JY (red cds UL) to Berthier, Lower Canada, manuscript 'Paid to the Lines' UR and rated ms '25' (¢ US prepaid) with ms '7d C' (collect), red dispatch cds on front alongside straight line 'PAID' and Montreal 25 JY transit, light filing fold and negligible toning at left edge, otherwise a fine and attractive rate cover. (Image)

Est. 75+

1830 Folded cross-border letter from Ballston Spa, NY SEP 12 to Niagara Falls and rated ‘18¾’ (¢ US), no Canadian rates, filing folds, fine. (Image)

Est. 100+

1831 Folded cross-border letter from Cincinnati 2 SP to Queenston with blue QUEENSTON 9 SEP exchange cds and matching ‘American postage / British do’ rate handstamp, rated ‘25’ (¢ US) converted to ‘1/3 (cy) plus ‘2’ (d ferriage charge) = ‘1/5’, severe filing fold and re-enforcement stain, otherwise fine (Image)

Est. 180+

1835 Folded letter originally mailed from Brighton, UC 27 JA (ms date) to Fairfield, NY and rated ms ‘10’ (d = 7d postage, 3d ferriage to Cape Vincent) and ‘25’ (¢ US) upon arrival 18 FE, cover was then FORWARDED to Demoresville (sic), Upper Canada with ms ‘fw’d’ and rated another ms ‘25’ (¢ US) which upon arrival at Kingston (21 FE) was converted to ‘1N3’ plus ‘7½’ (d) (4½d postage + 3d return ferriage) for a total of ‘1/10½’, filing fold and slight stain, still an attractive and well-travelled multiple rate DOUBLE CROSS-BORDER letter. (Image)

Est. 250+

1854 Folded printed CROSS-BORDER CIRCULAR from Oswego, NY 1 AU to Belleville, rated US postage “PAID’ to the lines and with ‘1D’ Cdn rate stamp (circular rate), 4 AU receiver on back, very fine and scarce. (Image)

Est. 130+