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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 210

(x) The Americas
Canada
Mail From the United Kingdom
1850 (11 Mar.) stampless envelope to Scarborough, near Toronto with manuscript "Registered Letter" in red ink and "6" in red crayon, a neat strike of open-top Darlington despatch c.d.s. in blue and a "1/2" rate mark in red ink; marked in Canada with a large manuscript "M" in ink (money letter) and straight-line "money letter" in red, the reverse with undated St. John's Chapel village postmark and part Toronto transit (1.4). One side flap missing and some soiling. One of the earliest Canadian Money Letters

Pays 1/2d. postage plus 6d. registration. Prior to January 1858 there was no reciprocal arrangement for the exchange of registered letters between U.K. and British North America, letters could only be registered in the U.K. as far as the port of departure. Arrangement in North America were left to the discretion of the Colonial Office and in Canada they were handled as Money Letters

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£250 to £500

Starting price
£230