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Auction: 22121 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain - e-Auction
Lot: 1077

Great Britain
Postal History
1867 (10 July) envelope (lower flap missing) to Montreal, franked 1d. Plate 79 (6) with London duplex cancellations, redirected to Quebec and marked 6d and with Canada Pkt. datestamp (10.8), further redirected to Scotland and with "glasgow packet/unpaid/au 20/1867" alongside, a variety of transit and arrival datestamps on front and reverse; some folds and traces of stains, fine. A pencilled note on the reverse reads " Dr. SD Kennedy bets Mr. M Morton 5L (£) that if in this spring there is a war between France and Prussia, France beats Prussia" Dr. Kennedy lost!. A rare Canadian Packet, double crossing letter

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Starting price
£180