£1,000 - £1,200
1859 (JY 15) cover (orange envelope) from Montreal to Scotland, endorsed 'pr North American' and franked at Canadian Packet rate by 1852-57 7½d yellow-green with very large margins (except close at upper right), tied by bold '21' target numeral with matching despatch cds and red 'PAID / LIVERPOOL / COL. PACKET' transit cds (27 JY) at left. Backstamped at Glasgow (JY 27). Minor edge wrinkling mentioned for accuracy, still very attractive and far above average. Only 86 covers with this franking recorded in the Wayne Smith census, of which just 23 are addressed to Scotland. Clear Sismondo cert (2007) states, 'A scarce cover in excellent state of preservation'. SG 12
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