Lot 79
6 d. grey-lilac, 2 copies with good to wide margins, together with perforated ½ d. deep rose, tied by numeral "21" to entire letter with adjacent "MONTREAL FE 7 1859" via London to France with transit and arrival marks front and back; the address partially excised and re-written, otherwise very fine; a marvelous franking and one of only 2 covers recorded at the 12½ pence letter rate to France via Cunard Line; certificate BPA (1995) Provenance: Sam Nickle (1993) Warren Wilkinson (2007) Joseph Hackmey (2011) Illustrated in Arfken, Leggett, Firby & Steinhart
