Auction 333-341 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand – The ‚KOOYONG‘ Collection - Day 2

Stampless Postal History, 1851/60, transatlantic mail to France & Germany, group of eight covers, written-up on pages, with 1831 letter from Montreal to Belley (ex Steinhart, with his notes),1851 letter from Montreal to Cognac, carried via New York, with forwarding agent cachet of Mathews, Finigan & Fox; 1852 cover from Montreal to Cherbourg endorsed "per steamer via U. States"; 1853 letter from Quebec to Cognac endorsed "per Royal Mail Steamer" and carried via the Cunarder "Canada " from Boston to Liverpool; 1853 letter from Montreal to Cognac also endorsed "per Royal Mail Steamer" (ex Vandervelde), 1860 cover from Terrebonne to Auxerre, and unusual 1854 letter originating in Rocky Hill, United States, to Paris, with boxed red "CANADA & ART. 12.", Anglo-French accountancy mark, green Liverpool Packet Letter and green cross handstamp, and scarce red "LETTRE ARRIVEE / DECACHETEE" backstamps (ex Salles), and 1858 cover from Delaware, Upper Canada, to Wurttemburg (ex Salles, Vandervelde), typical filing folds, chiefly fine, a scarce assembly.