Lot
2453 
Canada, 1855, Jacques Cartier, 10d blue, four full to large margins, rich color, tied by grid cancel on blue 1858 folded letter to Shrewsbury, England,matching "Toronto C.W. Jan 11" cds, carried by Cunard Line Niagara from Boston Jan. 13th to Liverpool arriving Jan. 25th, red "Pkt Letter, Paid, Liverpool, JA 25 1858" tombstone postmark, blue "Shrewsbury, 26 JA 1858" arrival backstamp, Very Fine, ex-Caspary. Scott No. 7 $3,250.
The 10d cy. rate for a letter by Cunard Packet via Boston to the United Kingdom was valid from January 1855 and from New York from February 1856 until June 1859.
Realized: $2,800