Details
cover 1860 (14 Dec.) cover from Grahamstown addressed to Montreal, endorsed "Canada", bearing 6d. deep rose-lilac pair, good colour, large margins, and 1d. rose-red tied by Grahamstown wide bars cancellations; cover, showing "11" and London Paid transit d.s., backstamped "GRAHAMS TOWN/DE 14/1860" red oval d.s., "CAPE TOWN/DE 21 1860/CAPE OF GOOD HOPE" c.d.s. also in red and "MONTREAL/FE 12/1861" in black upon arrival; two small tears in cover at top, one of the finest covers from this correspondence; a scarce destination
Provenance
Vincent G. Greene