Lot 607
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cover 1865 (11 Feb.) blue envelope to Montreal, marked "Per Cunard Via New York", bearing 1863 CC perf. 12½ 1d. carmine-lake vertical pairs (2) neatly cancelled "A05", showing "N. YORK. BR. PKT./10" c.d.s., framed "ADVD NOT CALLED FOR", "ADV" and, on reverse, despatch and arrival c.d.s., and manuscript "A. Wolfe & Co. gone away". A rare and most attractive franking. Photo

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cover 1865 (11 Feb.) blue envelope to Montreal, marked "Per Cunard Via New York", bearing 1863 CC perf. 12½ 1d. carmine-lake vertical pairs (2) neatly cancelled "A05", showing "N. YORK. BR. PKT./10" c.d.s., framed "ADVD NOT CALLED FOR", "ADV" and, on reverse, despatch and arrival c.d.s., and manuscript "A. Wolfe & Co. gone away". A rare and most attractive franking. Photo