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Lot 1690A

1846 Entire letter from Berlin, Ontario, to Homburg, Bavaria, via Montreal, New York, Le Havre and Paris, bearing red Montreal cds. and "MONTREAL PAID AP 3 1846 /CANADA", red Le Havre transit dater and charge marks for "4½" Canadian inland, "10" (Cts.) US inland rate to New York and "1f27" (Guilder) in total for transatlantic ship fee to France and French transit (1f20), Bavarian postage "4" (kreuzer) and rural delivery "3", Paris transit dater and red Homburg  arrival datestamp on reverse. A rare transatlantic letter.