Lot 3015
#2 1847 10c Black, Fine Color and Impression, Large to Huge Margins, Red Cork Cancel on 1849 Cover to Quebec, Canada with Red Hudson River Mail Route Agent Marking
Very Rare and Unusual Usage
פתיחה: $800
הערכה: $650 - $1,000
One of Only Twelve Recorded Examples of the 10c Black Used with the Hudson River Mail Route Agent's Marking, and Possibly Latest Known Usage to Canada
Single with large to huge margins except close at upper left corner, fine color and impression, tied by file crease on 1849 folded letter from New York to Quebec, Lower Canada with red grid cancel. Addressed to Messrs. Gibb & Ross, Quebec. Red "HUDSON RIV. MAIL N.Y. DEC 18" route agent circular datestamp at left. Red "MONTRÉAL/D/1849/L.C." transit at left. Quebec LC backstamp. Manuscript "11½" Canada due rating at top center.
The route agent marking "HUDSON RIV. MAIL N.Y." was used on Contract Route No. 809 (New York to Albany via the Hudson River, 150 miles) from March 1847 into November 1850.
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