GB 1859 SG68 Cover London to Peterboro, Canada - P223003083

- P223003083

Very fine used example printed at Somerset House neatly cancelled by an Edinburgh cds for OC

Very fine unused example printed in black on yellow

neatly cancelled by crisp Blackburn cds for JY

1884 Overseas mail

GB 1859 SG68 Cover London to Peterboro, Canada - P2230030831859 Transatlantic mail. Very fine envelope sent from London to Peterboro, Canada. Prepaid at the single 6d per oz Canadian packet rate by a 6d Lilac (SG 68) tied by a London City "12" numeral with a red, crossed circle inspectors mark alongside and a Liverpool transit datestamp for FE. 19. 1859 at lower left. Letters not directed to a particular line could be sent to the first packet to sail, even when paid the correct postage for another line.