GB 1859 SG68 Cover London to Peterboro, Canada 1913 2s6d "Seahorse" plate proof

1913 2s6d "Seahorse" plate proof

neatly cancelled by a crisp Ayr cds for MY

Very fine unused example printed in black on yellow

1884 Overseas mail

  Later issues have been updated and priced for this edition

GB 1859 SG68 Cover London to Peterboro, Canada 1913 2s6d "Seahorse" plate proof1859 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.