Lote 3430 Canadá

Incoming Mail via Pacific Ocean 1887 (Nov 25): Cover from Montreal, Canada to Sydney and redirected to Suez, Egypt bearing 1873 Canada 3 c. orange-red, a single and block of four, perf. faults at top, clearly cancelled by the Montreal duplex and prepaying 15 c. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to New South Wales. On arrival, the addressee, the Canadian physician Rankine Dawson, a passenger aboard the P&O Line steamer “Massilia” which had already sailed, was kept at Sydney and the cover redirected to Suez, Egypt. The cover is endorsed “Via San Francisco” at upper left with multiple transit datestamps on the reverse. A small piece of the reverse of the cover cut out, otherwise fine. A very scarce destination from Canada, particularly with the redirection to Egypt. Route: Departed Montreal, Canada 25 Nov 1887 by rail via Windsor (25 Nov) to San Francisco. Union Steamship Co. of New Zealand: Departed San Francisco (7 Dec) per “Republic” via Auckland (6 Jan 1888) to Sydney, arriving 11 Jan 1888, redirected to Suez (over 47 days)