| 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 Magnifier) |
E. 1,000-1,500 |
2,600.00 |
