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Auction: 25028 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 1412

Canadian Contingent
Pre Contingent Mail
Preparations in Canada
1899 (28 Oct.) stampless official envelope from Government House, Ottawa showing the handstruck signature of Major L.G. Drummond (military secretary to the Governor-General of Canada, Lord Minto) and postmarked with Quebec duplex with Barrie, Ont. backstamp (30.10). The flap has been reattached. A rare and important showpiece. Photo

provenance:
Ed Richardson, November 1991
Henry Pattiz, August 2006


literature:
The Postal History of the Canadian Contingents, Kenneth Rowe, 1981

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Estimate
£600 to £800

Starting price
£420