Lot 50095 – 1851 6d Slate-Violet on Laid Paper – Montreal to New York

1851 6d Slate-Violet on Laid Paper – Montreal to New York

6d slate-violet on laid paper, fine to large margins, tied on an entire letter with red MONTREAL L.C., AU 20 1851 circular datestamp, accompanied by a framed, curved “CANADA” handstamp and red PAID, addressed to New York.

A rare early cross-border usage demonstrating the acceptance of Canadian postage for mail to the United States.

Provenance: Lichtenstein.

Expertise: Cert. Vincent Graves Greene (2018)