£110
PRE-STAMP INTERNAL & USA MAIL: 1823-48 collection of ELs mounted on display leaves with well-researched write-ups. A French EL (repaired and strengthened top edge) to St. Antoine, Quebec with a red ms "7" on front over stamped with a boxed "PAID" hs and an under-inked but clear 2-line "THREE RIVERS/11 MAY 23" hs; an EL addressed to Lord Alymer, Commander of the British forces in Quebec requesting a grant of land, charged "1/6[d]" ms with a red "MONTREAL/JUL/7" cds; an EL to Quebec requesting a land grant, possibly part of a bundle of such requests as there is a ms "1¾oz" & "5/3"[d] charge, red "MONTREAL/JUL/25" on front, endorsed "On H.M.S." in an attempt at free postage!; an EL to Three Rivers with an over-inked unframed circular "SHERBROOKE" UDC with ms "July 27" in centre charged ms "9"[d]; an EL to Perth with a v. fine "BYTOWN/JAN29/1841/U.C." charged ms "4½"[d] with part of the correspondence detailing the letter writer's travelling with the Bytown (Ottawa) to Richmond post boy; plus 2 others to New York & Quebec. All very fine. (7)
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