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 "
A magnificent and delightful cover of this issue. One of the great treasures of Canadian philately. B.P.A. Certificate (1995)
Dale-Lichtenstein, November 1968
Duane Hiller
"K.L.", January 1996
"Carringtn"
Warren S. Wilkinson, June 2007
Joseph Hackmey, August 2017
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