Lot 56
3 d. red, diagonal bisect in strip with 2 normal stamps, clear to mostly wide margins, tied by black target to envelope with adjacent date stamp "MONTREAL JY 17 1856" to England, endorsed "per North American ... via Quebec July 19", also on front London 'PAID 31 JY 1856" and arrival mark on reverse; light folds not affecting the franking; a fine and rare letter, the finest of 3 recorded with such franking; certificate BPA (1995)
Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein, Nickle (1993), Wilkinson (2007), Joseph Hackmey (2011), illustrated in Bloggs,illustrated in Arfken, Leggett, Firby & Steinhart, illustrated in Firby-Willson
