Canada 1849 Retaliatory Rate Stampless Folded Letter Port Dover to Aix FRANCE
Stampless retaliatory period folded letter from France, with contents written in French, datelined ”Port Dover le 18 février 1849" addressed to Gouverneur General Bourely and prepaid to Aix-en-Provence France, Port Dover double split-ring dispatch with manuscript date, manuscript rate 1sh11d (sterling) in red for 2sh/d currency, carried by Cunard Line via Halifax to Liverpool during retaliatory rate period (until mid-May), Brantford, Simcoe (Mar 20), Montreal (Mar 27) and Aix en Provence (5 May) c.d.s. receiver backstamp, attractive and rare.
The “Retaliatory Period” resulted from a British order of 9 June, 1847, which authorized its receiving offices to collect British packet postage on letters carried to England via subsidized American steamers. The British, whose transatlantic mail monopoly was exercised through the Cunard Line, had operated without competition since 1840, and they were anxious to see this monopoly continue. Through this order, Great Britain could collect 24c packet charges for every inbound letter. The following year, a similar American edict was applied to incoming British mail.
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Canada 1850 STEAM BOAT LETTER QUEBEC Stampless Folded Letter to Montreal
Stampless folded letter to Montreal, with contents pertaining to ferriage, rated 9d and bearing bold STEAMBOAT LETTER QUEBEC SP 25 1850 split-ring, next-day arrival backstamp, typical filing folds, an attractive example of this strike, which is often weakly-struck.
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Canada 1851 STEAM BOAT LETTER QUEBEC “0” Stampless Folded Letter from Montreal
Stampless folded letter, with contents datelined Montreal, rated "3" in manuscript, choice strike of STEAM BOAT LETTER QUEBEC "0" postmark (SP 8), to Quebec City, with double split-ring arrival b/s (SP 9), horizontal filing fold, a lovely strike, much nicer than often seen.
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Canada 1861 5x 1c Decimal on Cover Collingwood Harbour to Newmarket 2x Shades
Cover franked with strip of four 1c deep rose and single 1c rose, tied to cover by indistinct target cancels, postmarked Collingwood Harbour (Oct 14), to Newmarket, with next-day double split-ring arrival backstamp, perfs on right edge of strip trimmed, else a pleasing example of this 5c rate, showing two distinct shades of this value.
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Canada 1867 1c Victoria Decimal 5c Rate Cover Belleville to Toronto ex-Carrington
Cover franked with block of four and single 1c rose, cancelled by three strikes of Belleville duplex in blue (16 May), to Toronto, with next-day arrival backstamp, pressed filing fold through bottom pair, not detracting from this exceptional and scarce showpiece illustrating the 5c rate; ex Carrington.
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Canada 1876 3c Small Queen Misperforated on Cover Verona to Kingston
Cover franked with 3c Small Queen, dramatically misperforated, postmarked "Verona JA 12", addressed to Kingston, with arrival backstamp an JA 15 Harrowsmith transit, unusual.
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