BC Cover British Columbia printed in black on white

printed in black on white wove paper or card

shows tiny "cross" guidelines at sides of design

both with full margins and cancelled by oval mute grids for the Seven and One Half pence letter rate to the United Kingdom (effective August 1

VF (ex Simpson and Lindemann)

minor traces of foxing

BC Cover British Columbia printed in black on whiteIncoming Mail from two different routes from the United Kingdom to Victoria,Vancouver Island: 1) 1859 (July 4) prepaid envelope with minor edge flaws rated 1 2 from Plympton via London, New York, Panama and San Francisco with neat dispatch, transit and clear large San Francisco Paid AUG 14 1859 datestamp in red; forwarded to Victoria with manuscript docketing recd 23 Aug 59 on reverse; and 2) 1863 (March 13) blue envelope in excellent shape sent