Item - #CA-028-1  

CANADA COVERS

1868 LARGE QUEEN ISSUE OF CANADA
#28 12½¢ BLUE ON TRANSATLANTIC COVER TO ENGLAND



6¢ Dark Brown 1868 - Large Queen Issue
 
 
November 19, 1868 Black
 Leamington, England Circle Cancel
#27 with black target cancel


Front: Canada #28 12½¢ Blue on cover with black Montreal/PM/NO6/68 split circle cancel with barred gird cancel.
Reverse: Back stamped with Leamington/A/NO19/68 black circle receiving mark.
Notes: This is a #28 used on Trans-Atlantic cover from Montreal, Quebec to the town of Leamington in Warwickshire, England. Proper 12½¢ usage for mail to England in this period. Leamington is a large spa town in central Warwickshire, in the Midlands of England. It is named after the River Leam which flows through the town. Leamington lies near the centre of England - indeed, a young tree called the Midland Oak, at Lillington, just to the north-east of the town centre, is marked by a plaque claiming that it marks the very centre of the country.
Condition: Stamp is fine for the issue with perf close at bottom.
Contents:  None.
 


Reverse of Cover

Offered by Berryhill & Sturgeon, Ltd.