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10c Washington single on cover
Scott Catalogue USA: 2
Description:
used; position 52R. The stamp prepaid a single rate for a cover that traveled more than 300 miles, from New York City to the Canadian-U.S. border.
The usual transit mark of a Canadian exchange office is missing, which might lead one to assume the U.S. stamp prepaid the "through" rate to the Canadian address, which was adopted on April 6, 1851. However, that is impossible because of the manuscript "4 ½" rate, being the Canadian postage from the border to Montreal, and the fact that we know the letter was mailed in 1850.
Date:
1850
Markings:
c-NEW-YORK/MAY/6 [1850] (red) [townmark]
red 13 bar square grid [cancel]
ms "4 ½" [Canadian rate]
Medium:
paper; ink (black)
Museum ID:
2005.6603.2.26.8
Place of Origin:
New York, New York
Place of Destination:
Montreal, CANADA (British commonwealth nation)
Collection:
Credits:
The Benjamin K. Miller Stamp Collection, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
