Lot 135 Canada #C9, E11 7c - 10c Blue - Green, 1942-1946 Airmail Special Delivery Laurentien Hotel Cover, A Very Fine Used Cover, Sent On The Hotel's Stationary On April 27 1950 To Tuckahue, NY Arriving There The Next Day

A very fine used cover of the 7c - 10c blue - green from the 1942-1946 Airmail Special Delivery Laurentien Hotel Cover, sent on the hotel's stationary on April 27 1950 to Tuckahue, NY arriving there the next day.

Arriving there the next day as indicated by the Tuckahoe backstamp. Franked with a 10c and 7c, paying the combined airmail-special delivery values. The routing is achieved by a black airmail handstamp, applied at the man sorting facility and a bilingual violet sepcial delivery handstamps which told the staff to route this to the airmail and special delivery bags. The 24 hour transit shows that this was carried out properly. An exhibition quality cover from this issue.

Unitrade doesn't list this variety, so we estimate it at $125. The cover offered here grades 75 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 35/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 10/10