Lot 104
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cover 1851 (12 June) entire letter from St. Thomas to New York, bearing laid paper 3d. red with good to large margins on three sides and 7mm. sheet margin at foot, placed inverted and tied by superb target obliterator and a light strike of the curved-framed "CANADA" in red with another strike of this h.s. alongside, also showing St. Thomas c.d.s. in red, "PAID/10" h.s. in blue and, on reverse, London and Hamilton transit c.d.s. A rare and attractive underpaid cross-border franking, and an early usage of the laid paper printing. Photo
cover 1851 (12 June) entire letter from St. Thomas to New York, bearing laid paper 3d. red with good to large margins on three sides and 7mm. sheet margin at foot, placed inverted and tied by superb target obliterator and a light strike of the curved-framed "CANADA" in red with another strike of this h.s. alongside, also showing St. Thomas c.d.s. in red, "PAID/10" h.s. in blue and, on reverse, London and Hamilton transit c.d.s. A rare and attractive underpaid cross-border franking, and an early usage of the laid paper printing. Photo

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cover 1851 (12 June) entire letter from St. Thomas to New York, bearing laid paper 3d. red with good to large margins on three sides and 7mm. sheet margin at foot, placed inverted and tied by superb target obliterator and a light strike of the curved-framed "CANADA" in red with another strike of this h.s. alongside, also showing St. Thomas c.d.s. in red, "PAID/10" h.s. in blue and, on reverse, London and Hamilton transit c.d.s. A rare and attractive underpaid cross-border franking, and an early usage of the laid paper printing. Photo