Lot 62
6 d. greenish grey and 10 d. blue, both in horizontal pairs, 10 d. clear at upper right, otherwise good to mostly wide margins and nice fresh colour, tied by target cancel to double-rate envelope with adjacent cds. "TORONTO DEC 24" (1855) to London with "PAID" tombstone on front; the envelope neglectable small tear at top, otherwise very fine and extremely rare; the only known double rate cover at the 'Crimean War' rate, a marvelous item Provenance: John F. Seybold, Syracuse (1910) Louise Boyd Dale and Alfred F. Lichtenstein (1968-70) ''Foxbridge' Collection (John du Pont, 1989) Henry Lubke Jr. Warren Wilkinson (2007) Joseph Hackmey (2011) Illustrated in Boggs, in Arfken, Leggett, Firby & Steinhart and in 'Gems of Canadian Philately'
