cover 1p red-brown, 3p deep blue (1, 3; S.G.1, 2), vertical pair of the former with clear to large margins, the latter with good margins except at one corner where just clear, tied by oval grids to Jul. 1854 folded letter from Halifax via Boston to New York; backstamped Halifax JY 31 1854; fine; 5p packet rate to New York

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cover 1p red-brown, 3p deep blue (1, 3; S.G.1, 2), vertical pair of the former with clear to large margins, the latter with good margins except at one corner where just clear, tied by oval grids to Jul. 1854 folded letter from Halifax via Boston to New York; backstamped Halifax JY 31 1854; fine; 5p packet rate to New York