cover 3p dark blue, pair and unsevered diagonal bisect (3, 3a; S.G..2, 2a), good margins, tied by oval grids to Dec. 1857 cover from Maitland CO Hants, N.S., to Scotland; cover, somewhat soiled, with "6" on front, backstamped Maitland Co Hants DE 26 1857, Halifax DE 28 1857, Liverpool JA 11 1858, Glasgow JA 11 1858; 7½p rate to United Kingdom, ex Kanai, S.G. Cat. £2,250