NEW BRUNSWICK + PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - COVERS INC. MENTION O...

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NEW BRUNSWICK + PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - COVERS INC. MENTION OF LOSS OF TARTAN SENT "PER UNICORN"; 1852 EL from "FREDERICTON/N.B." (fine cds on flap) ex 72nd Regiment to Stirling "via New York" charged "1/2" with interesting contents about the loss of clothing that had been sent by the "Unicorn" and the rain-damage to existing tartan that made the colours run(!); plus fine Jan. 1839 EL from "Charlotte Town, P.E.I." (30th Regiment business) to Stirling charged "2/5" (with fine green Falmouth boxed "½" mark) posted from "HALIFAX" (Nova Scotia) - two fair/fine cds's on the front. Good pair from far-flung Highland Regiment outposts. (2 covers) [See WB, pp.92 & 152.]Cross Reference: NEW BRUNSWICK, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL

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26th Sep 17 at 1pm BST

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