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Auction: 21045 - The Alan Holyoake Grand Prix Collection of British and International Registered Mail
Lot: 226

(x) The Americas
Canada
Mail To the United Kingdom
1858 (11 Feb.) a stunning envelope to London bearing 1852-57 imperf. 7½d. yellow-green on hand-made paper (good to very large margins all round and showing a fragment of the margin inscription at left) with 3d. red on horizontally ribbed paper (cut into left side, other margins good to large) tied by circular numeral "1" and with a fair strike of the Barrie despatch c.d.s. at left, with unframed "registered" in red and manuscript registration number, with a superb strike of the London wide crown/"registered" in red (W&J 1131a) and manuscript "6", the reverse with Toronto and London (1.3) c.d.s.


A magnificent and delightful cover of this issue. One of the great treasures of Canadian philately. B.P.A. Certificate (1995)

provenance:
Dale-Lichtenstein, November 1968

Duane Hiller

"K.L.", January 1996

"Carringtn"

Warren S. Wilkinson, June 2007

Joseph Hackmey, August 2017


illustrated:
Arfken, Leggett, Firby & Steinhart (page 249)

Canadian Letter Guide (page 29)


Carried by the Cunard packed 'Arabia'. There are only three franked registered covers known carried by Cunard Packets to England. Overpaid ½d. for postage, U.K. 6d, registration to be paid be the recipient

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

Sold for
£9,000

Starting price
£9000