cover 3p dull red, 1sh reddish mauve (1, 3; S.G.2., 5), former with close to good margins, latter with small repairs and even margins all around, tied by void oval grids, the 3p additionally tied by red Fredericton FE 27 1853 d.s. to small embossed cover from Fredericton to London; cover with minor improvements; very attractive, 1sh 3p rate to the United Kingdom before August 1, 1854, scarce rate, rare franking