Lot no. 50

1852/57, handmade wove paper: 3 d. orange-red on thin paper, vertical pair with clear to ample margins, tied by black target to lettersheet with large part of contents with adjacent "MONTREAL SP 25 1854" via London to Hamburg with arrival mark of the city post on reverse. The letter was carried by the Cunard steamer 'Niagara' which departed Boston on September 27; the stamps paid the rate to Boston while the unpaid 2/-transatlantic postage was due upon delivery in Hamburg; a fine and rare cover, only three Pence covers are recorded to the German area; certificate PES (2005) Provenance: Charles P. de Volpi 'Foxbridge' Collection (John du Pont, 1989) Ed Richardson Norman Hubbard (2004) Warren Wilkinson (2007) Joseph Hackmey (2011)