cover 10c vermilion, 12½c black (12,13a), two singles of the former, tied by oval grids to Oct. 1864 cover from Halifax, endorsed "per Cunard Steamer via Liverpool", via London and Calais to Paris; cover without flap, otherwise very fine; rare, ½c underpayment of the 33c double rate to France, Butterfield correspondence, ex Mackie, "Halifax" | Christie's

Lot 297

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cover 10c vermilion, 12½c black (12,13a), two singles of the former, tied by oval grids to Oct. 1864 cover from Halifax, endorsed "per Cunard Steamer via Liverpool", via London and Calais to Paris; cover without flap, otherwise very fine; rare, ½c underpayment of the 33c double rate to France, Butterfield correspondence, ex Mackie, "Halifax"

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cover 10c vermilion, 12½c black (12,13a), two singles of the former, tied by oval grids to Oct. 1864 cover from Halifax, endorsed "per Cunard Steamer via Liverpool", via London and Calais to Paris; cover without flap, otherwise very fine; rare, ½c underpayment of the 33c double rate to France, Butterfield correspondence, ex Mackie, "Halifax"