Lot 225
Nova Scotia, Used to Cape Breton: 1851, 6d yellow green, good margins all around, very fine, tied by light oval grid cancels on 1857 Embossed Corner Card envelope of Nova Scotia Electric Telegraph Company (less top back flap) bearing manuscript "Paid" and "p mail", on reverse LOCKS - ISLAND (now Loke Port) AP 28 - Halifax AP30 - My 6 SYDNEY C.B. MY 7 BADDECK - MY 9 ST ANNS transit, Ex Dale-Lichtenstein, F.R. Mayer, Saint, Greene Cert. (1983).
SG 5; £2,200. (Scott 4).
Est. Cash Val. $500 - 600
Addressed to Aspee Bay, the northern most point of Cape Breton. The cover took a most tortuous route. Very few advertising covers exist.
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