5c Red Brown (1). Horizontal pair, large margins to well clear at right, beautiful rich color, cleaned-plate impression, cancelled by two strikes of red grid (slightly oily bleed in right stamp), matching "Lewiston N.Y. Nov. 10" circular datestamp on lady's small envelope from Toronto, Canada, to Boston Mass., partly readable red Toronto circular datestamp, red manuscript "4-1/2" Canadian rate, stamps affixed by the sender and cancelled at Lewiston exchange office (across from Queenston)

EXTREMELY FINE. AN IMMACULATE COVER WITH THE UNITED STATES 1847 ISSUE USED FROM CANADA AND CANCELLED AT THE LEWISTON CROSS-BORDER EXCHANGE OFFICE. ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF THIS VERY RARE USE.

Ex Sampson, Garrett, Boker and Gross. With 1980 (as Dark Brown No. 1a) and 2013 P.F. certificates (as Red Brown No. 1)

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