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VERY FINE. A WONDERFUL USE OF THE 10-CENT 1847 ISSUE ON A COVER SENT PRIOR TO THE START OF THE APRIL 1851 TREATY BUT ACCEPTED AS A TREATY RATE USE. THIS IS THE EARLIEST REPORTED TREATY RATE COVER.
Effective April 6, 1851 a new rate was established between the United States and Canada. Mail was no longer prepaid just to the border, a rate of 10c (or 6 pence Canadian) was established to or from any place in Canada (except for the West Coast). The sender of this letter was apparently unaware of the impending rate change and marked it "paid to the lines". However, by the time his letter arrived in Canada the new treaty was in effect, so it was considered fully prepaid to destination.
Ex Hart. Illustrated and described in an article in Chronicle 183 (copy accompanies). (Image)
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FRESH AND VERY FINE. ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL UNITED STATES AND CANADIAN CROSS-BORDER FRANKINGS.
The treaty rate of 10c U.S. or 6p Canadian began on April 6, 1851. The 1847 Issue was demonetized on July 1st, leaving a brief period in which 1847 stamps could be used to prepay the treaty rate. This cover is very unusual, because it shows the 5c 1847 prepaying U.S. postage with Canadian postage collected in cash. The treaty specified that letters had to be entirely prepaid or sent collect. The cover offered here is unusual because the part payment of 5c was accepted. The counterpart to this franking is the legitimate combination of a 5c 1847 and Canada 3p Beaver.
Ex Sevenoaks. Illustrated and described in an article in Chronicle 183 (copy accompanies). With 1998 P.F. certificate (Image)
VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED DEMONETIZED USE OF THE 1847 ISSUE TO CANADA, AND ONE OF VERY FEW SENT TO A FOREIGN DESTINATION AFTER JULY 1, 1851. A WONDERFUL POSTAL HISTORY RARITY.
Effective July 1, 1851, the basic letter rate was changed to 3c for domestic letters sent up to 3,000 miles, and 6c for letters sent over 3,000 miles. New stamps were issued to accommodate the new rates, and the old stamps were demonetized and considered invalid for postage after June 30, 1851. Approximately seven are known used from Canada after demonetization. Three others are known to France, each with a single 5c stamp, and two are known to Mexico, each with a strip of three of the 10c. This cover was the subject of Chronicle articles in Aug. 1999 and May 2007 (copies accompany).
Illustrated in Alexander book (page 864). With 1997 P.F. certificate (Image)