cover 1p red-brown, 6p yellow-green, 1sh deep purple (1, 4, 6; S.G.1, 5,7c), horizontal pair of the first, the 1sh with large margins, the other stamps cut into on one side, tied by oval grids and by Boston Br. Pkt. 11 APR d.s. to Apr. 1857 cover from Halifax to New York; backstamped Halifax AP 9 1857; cover with three horizontal creases, one of which crosses the stamps which have been lifted, ironed and then replaced; very rare, quadruple packet rate from Halifax to New York