Winter 2025 Sale

1847 folded letter from Cropland, Prince Edward Island to New York, carried over the Pictou Summer Route.
This letter was carried across the Northumberland Strait to Amherst, New Brunswick and then passed to St. John for exchange at St. Andrews. In the United States it has been charged a further ten cents, the rate for a half ounce letter carried over 300 miles.
Letters from Prince Edward Island crossed the Northumberland Strait either to Pictou, Nova Scotia or via Cape Tormentine for Amherst, New Brunswick. There followed a long journey through New Brunswick for exchange at St. Andrews. The distance was 302 miles in winter, via Cape Tormentine, 365 miles in summer, via Pictou. The rate was one shilling and three halfpence Currency, which had to be prepaid, plus United States postage.

Estimate $300.00 - $500.00