cover 6p olive-yellow, two bisects (2b, S.G.4a), both with large margins on one side, one just clear and the other just cut into on the other side, well-tied by Edmunston "12" oval grids to Mar. 1860 cover from Edmunston to Bangor; backstamped Edmunston MR 1 1860, Woodstock MR 5 1860, showing New Brunswick h.s., red "PAID 10 CENTS", and Houlton MAR 7; fine, a good route and probably a unique franking, 6p rate to the U.S. | Christie's

Lot 69

cover 6p olive-yellow, two bisects (2b, S.G.4a), both with large margins on one side, one just clear and the other just cut into on the other side, well-tied by Edmunston "12" oval grids to Mar. 1860 cover from Edmunston to Bangor; backstamped Edmunston MR 1 1860, Woodstock MR 5 1860, showing New Brunswick h.s., red "PAID 10 CENTS", and Houlton MAR 7; fine, a good route and probably a unique franking, 6p rate to the U.S.

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cover 6p olive-yellow, two bisects (2b, S.G.4a), both with large margins on one side, one just clear and the other just cut into on the other side, well-tied by Edmunston "12" oval grids to Mar. 1860 cover from Edmunston to Bangor; backstamped Edmunston MR 1 1860, Woodstock MR 5 1860, showing New Brunswick h.s., red "PAID 10 CENTS", and Houlton MAR 7; fine, a good route and probably a unique franking, 6p rate to the U.S.