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  • Lot# : 6337 Canada

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    1858 (March 17): Envelope from Toronto to Nashville TN, bearing 1857 Prince Albert 6 d. grey-lilac on machine-made thick hard wove paper, an adhesive with clear to mostly large margins, tied by grid cancel obliterator with superb despatch "TORONTO C.W. MAR 17 1858" cds in black and straight line PAID handstamp in red alongside. Some edge wear, a desirable cover, only 26 covers to the United States are known with this paper variety, this being the only one recorded to the southern states. Cert. BPA (1997).
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF