Canada 77d Small Queen 1872 cover endorsed “James Rossey

1872 cover endorsed “James Rossey Steward / HMS Lapwing” and countersigned “Ed Wickham” to Hampshire with Great Britain One penny red Plate 138 tied by neat grid ‘466’ of Liverpool in transit

Two panes show slight gum disturbance confined to the selvedge

lightly hinged in selvedge only

” A nice example of the Seven and One Half pence rate to England

A major airmail rarity of the popular Patricia Airways & Exploration Co

Canada 77d Small Queen 1872 cover endorsed “James Rossey1899 Two cent carmine on vertical wove paper, Die II, imperforate pair of this scarcer die, ungummed as issued, Very Fine (Unitrade 77d; catalogue value $1,500)