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PICKFORD & BLACK

A L P H A

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A linen
backed, registered
envelope with an impressed
2d stamp paying the fee. Addressed
to New York it was franked with Id, 2d, 3d
and 4d adhesives paying a 2 oz. rate. These were
cancelled in Hamilton on 2nd February 1894 and the
cover put on “A lpha” which had been, bought from
Cunard. The cover was back stamped in Halifax, Nova
Scotia on the 6th, in St John, New Brunswick on the 7th
and in New York on the 10th, an 8-day transit and a long
diversion compared to the direct route of 2 days.