CANADA and NEWFOUNDLAND to FRANCE 1852 and 1856 1852 Canada to France Collect with the pentagon G. B. / 4Sh Anglo-French Accountancy Handstamp Used AUGUST 17 AUGUST 24, 1852 Two recorded strikes of this accountancy handstamp. Only one Cunard voyage from the U.S.A. had Mails struck with this marking. 1856 French Coast, Newfoundland to France Collect via Halifax with the Anglo-French Accountancy Handstamp COLONIES ART 18 Which is unusual on Newfoundland Mails.
NOVA SCOTIA to UNITED STATES 1848 Halifax to U.S.A. per Cunard British Steamer during Retaliatory Rate Period Prepaid 1/0 Stg. Packet Rate U.K. or N.S. to U.S.A. and charged 24 cents or 29 cents Full Packet Rate Collect with or without Inland Postage during the six-month period this rating structure was in effect. Nova Scotia Retaliatory Rate covers are uncommon.
CANADA to GREAT BRITAIN 1854 and 1856 Two covers from Canada to Britain at the 1d. Paid Soldier s Concession Rate. 1854 From Quebec with the PAID AT QUEBEC 1d Circular Handstamp 1856 From Niagara, U.C. Unusual from an enrolled Robert Smith Local Pensioner and countersigned by a Sgt. Major In Charge of Detachment of Permanent Pensioners Instead of an officer.
LOMBARDY-VENETIA and PRUSSIA to CANADA 1854 and 1863 1854 Como, Lombardy-Venetia to Montreal Prepaid via Milan, Frankfort, Bremen and New York. 1863 Frankfort, Prussia to Quebec Via France and Britain With TT37 Thurn & Taxis- France Postal Convention Handstamp and FR / 1F 76C Anglo-French Accountancy Handstamp per Allan Line Canadian Steamer America A chartered Cunard Steamer.
NEWFOUNDLAND to NEW ZEALAND 1856 Two covers from Newfoundland to New Zealand Prepaid from the same correspondence via London.
NEWFOUNDLAND to PORTUGAL 1856 and 1857 Two covers from Newfoundland to Vianna, Portugal Both Missent from Britain to Vienna, Austria From the same correspondence Both returned to Britain One was Forwarded directly to Portugal and the other via France and Spain. The cover via France bears a red wax Official Seal impressed GENERAL POST OFFICE ST. JOHN S N.F.L. Not recorded in Pratt.
CANADA to WURTTEMBERG 1856 and 1860 1856 Canada to Wurttemberg Collect via Britain and France per Cunard Steamer Closed bag via the U.S.A. with CANADA ART 19 Anglo-French Accountancy Handstamp in red. 1860 Canada to Wurttemberg Prepaid 19 Cents via Britain and France per Canadian Steamer.
CANADA and RUPERTSLAND to FRANCE 1856 and 1863 1856 Montreal to France with the Uncommon CANADA ART. 19 Anglo-French Accountancy Handstamp Postage Collect. 1863 Turned cover from Great Slave Lake, North West Territory by Hudson s Bay Co. Mails to England as a Ship Letter with the GB 1F 60C Anglo-French Accountancy Handstamp. From Bishop Grandin, Bishop for the southern section of the MacKenzie District, Rupertsland (North West Territory).
NEWFOUNDLAND to FRANCE and CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. 1858 and 1860 1858 Petites Oui, Newfoundland to France via Sydney and Halifax, N.S. and London With a SYDNEY C B SHIP LETTER and a GB / 2F 62C Anglo-French Accountancy Handstamp 1860 St. John s, Newfoundland to San Francisco, California, U.S.A. via Boston and Panama. Pratt does not note any 1860 or earlier covers from Newfoundland to California.
RUSSIA to PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND and CANADA 1858 and 1863 1858 St. Petersburg, Russia to Prince Edward Island Via German States, Belgium and Nova Scotia. 1863 St. Petersburg, Russia to Quebec, Canada Prepaid via Britain With various accountancy markings. At present these are the only reported stampless covers to Prince Edward Island and Canada in the pre- 1865 period.
NEW BRUNSWICK to and from NORWAY 1859 and 1860 Covers from the same correspondence from Shediac, New Brunswick to Norway and return. 1858 Direct via Halifax and London with the New Brunswick BRITISH 5d. CLAIM Accountancy Handstamp Changed to 1/10 Prepaid. 1860 Norway to Shediac, New Brunswick via Hamburg German Packet and New York with United States Treaty Handstamp Rated 1/10½ Cy. Collect.
NEW ZEALAND to PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 1859 1860 and 1861 1859, 1860 and 1861 Prepaid covers New Zealand to Charlottetown, P.E.I. from Auckland One with crown circle PAID Rated 6d Stg. Via London, U.K. Same correspondence.
ANTIGUA to CANADA 1861 and BARBADOS to NOVA SCOTIA 1862 1861 PAID AT ANTIGUA Crown Circle on cover Antigua to Toronto, Canada via St. Thomas, D.W.I. Paid 4d Stg. Packet Rate to Halifax and UNPAID 5 Collect Halifax to Toronto. 1862 PAID AT ST. THOMAS Crown Circle on cover From Barbados via a St. Thomas, D.W.I. Forwarding Agent Paid 8d Stg. Double 4d Stg. Packet Rate and 10 cents Double Internal Nova Scotia Collect via Halifax.
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS to VANCOUVER ISLAND 1861 and 1864 Two covers from the Hudson s Bay Company in Hawaii to the Bay Co. at Victoria, Vancouver Island with Honolulu Hawaiian Islands Datestamps in Red and Black One PAID and one COLLECT. Two of ONLY three recorded Hawaii Vancouver Island covers in this period.
CANADA to ALGERIA and MAURITIUS 1863 and 1864 1863 Montreal, Canada to Algeria via Britain and France Prepaid 17 By Canadian Steamer or via Halifax The rate via Cunard via U.S.A. should be an additional 5 per half ounce or 2d Stg 22. 1864 Toronto, Canada to Mauritius via Britain Prepaid 23 With manuscript routing Via Southampton & Aden.
CANADA to NORWAY and DENMARK 1854 and 1855 1865 Canada to Norway via Britain, Prussia and Sweden Prepaid. 1864 Canada to Denmark via Britain and Hamburg Prepaid.