| 2501 |
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 (Montreal, Canada, 1768)
"Montl. 6-". Manuscript postmark and "6" rate (presumably 6dwt) on
folded cover addressed "To John Swift Esqr., Collector at
Philadelphia", receipt docketing "John Campbell, Dated 29 Apl.
1768", paper tape repair at top, the missing piece is confined to the
top panel (not the address panel), but the tape repair is affixed on the
address side, this could and should be removed, essentially Very Fine, an
extremely early and rare Montreal Colonial postal marking on a cover sent
by John Campbell, the Earl of Loudoun and one of the Great Britain's
colonial governors in North America, this was mailed between the French and
Indian War and the Revolutionary War, during the brief period of calm after
the British Colonial post office was established at Montreal (Image) |
E. 1,000-1,500
SOLD for $2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction |
