Lot 50105 – 1855 Cover – Great Western Railway, Hamilton to Buffalo

1855 Cover – Great Western Railway, Hamilton to Buffalo

Envelope with sender’s imprint “Great Western Railway”, struck with HAMILTON U.C., FE 9 1855 circular datestamp and red “CANADA PAID 10 Cts.” from Hamilton to Buffalo, New York. Prepaid postage indicated with oval “PAID.140”, referring to postage charged to Box 140.

A fine example of cross-border prepaid mail, demonstrating both corporate sender usage and proper Canadian-U.S. postage handling.

Note: Illustrated in Montgomery.

Provenance: Sanderson.