Lot 1087
Nova Scotia, Canada, 1868, 1¢ Brown Red, well centered, tied by "Halifax N.S., JA 16 '69" duplex on cover to Beaver Harbor, endorsed "On Registration Service" at top, reverse with "Tangier, N.S. JA 18 69" transit cds, clean and Very Fine, ex-Menich. SG No. 55.Scott No. 22 Estimate $500 - 750.
A CHOICE USE SHOWING THE 1¢ INTRA-COUNTY DROP LETTER RATE.
A document comparing the Pre-Confederation Postal Rate mentioned the practice in the Province of Nova Scotia of extending the drop letter rate to Post Offices in the same count. This practice was evidently continued after the 1st April 1868.
Realized: $475