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Sale 70: The Skywalk Collection

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Transatlantic Mail - Mail by Cunard Line

Lot 357    

1843 (Oct. 12) Quebec, Canada to Lyon, France, gray folded letter with red "Quebec L.C. OC 12 1843" origin cds and matching "Paid at Quebec" crown mark and red manuscript "2/" plus "10" totalled to "2/10" stg. or "3/2" cy. rating, endorsed "Per Halifax & Liverpool", carried by Cunard Line Acadia from Halifax to Liverpool, red London "Paid, 30 OC 1843" tombstone and oval "P-D" handstamp, red Boulogne (11.1) entry cds, Lyon (11.3) arrival backstamp, Very Fine.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

The ½ oz. rate to France was 2 shillings (20d for Britain, 2d U.S. share and 2d Canada share) which totals 2s10d cy. and 10d to France (two-times 5d per ¼ oz.) totals to 3s2d cy. Rates according to the G.B.-France postal convention effective Jun. 1st 1843.

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