379th Auction

1848, folded letter from "GIBRALTAR SP 16 1848" endorsed "via Boston or New York first steamer Packet" with "2" shilling prepaid rating alonside, conveyed by the "Britannia" from Liverpool to New York with blue manuscript "68" rating marked in error as double-weight due, a very attractive and rare retaliatory use from Gibraltar

1848, folded letter dated "Wellington 20 June 1848" with red crown circle "PAID AT WELLINGTON" and manuscript "4" rating alongside endorsed "pr Philip Lang" to London, there remailed with London "PAID" maltese cross and red manuscript "1/-" rating, carried by Cunard Line "Acadia" from Liverpool to Boston with red arrival "BOSTON SHOP NOV 4*" and matching "29" cent retaliatory due rating handstamp, an very attractive and rare usage from New Zealnd

1853, triple-weight folded letter dated "Quebec 30 July 1853" weighinhg, from "MONTREAL JY 31 1853" to Cognac, France. Red boxed "CANADA &c. ART 12." on front, carried by the "Europa" from Halifax to Liverpool, total charge of "51" decimes applied at arrival, fine

1859, Victoria 12½c. blueish-green with pen-stroke on mourning cover with adjacent cds. "WILLIAM-HENRY 7 DE 1859" to London, carried on the "Europa" from Boston to Queenstown, so straight-line "MORE TO PAY." struck with handstamp "2" due alongside, stamp with corner fault,  otherwise fine and attractive

1864 (25 Aug.), Victoria 6d. gray-black and 2d. violet tied by illegible grid cancel, reverse shows cds. "SANDHURST 26 AU", to envelope to Maine,  via Southampton and London with transit mark "LONDON OC 20" and red "16 cents" credit handstamp, from Londonderry with the "Hibernian" to Quebec, when the cover was bagged to Portland, with corresponding "PORTLAND M AM PKt 5 NOV 18 1864" alongside, by rail. Adhesives some imperfections, lihgt toned spots, otherwise fine and attractive