£550
RARE UNDERPAID 2c-RATE TRANSATLANTIC PRINTED MATTER COVER WITH 1859 1c ROSE EX MONTREAL; 9 Oct. 1863 unsealed EL (printed Montreal prices current; slightly toned filing crease across address clear of stamp) to Glasgow "Per Canadian Mail" having a fine sender's blue oval "PRINTED/CIRCULAR" mark at top left) with 1859 1c Rose tied by an unclear cancel but underpaid 1c and so having a black h.s. "1" on the front beside the fine "GLASGOW PACKET/UNPAID" d.s. (22 Oct.; crease). Very rare Exhibition Item. [Ex Firby; also ex Sam Nickle, Christies NY, 19 Mar. 1993, lot 317, realised US $357 inc. BP] [Illustrated in FTM; p.90.] Cross Reference: PRINTED MATTER BY POST, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, SCOTLAND, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS
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