Dietz & Nelson's B.C. & V. Express. Blue double-circle handstamp ties British Columbia & Vancouver Island, 1860, 2-1/2p Dull Rose (2; SG 3), matching "Paid" in oval on cover to Victoria with fancy illustrated "Collins Overland Telegraph Via Behring Strait Western Union Extension," design depicts the northern hemisphere of the globe in a cloud with lightning bolts emanating from bottom, stamp affixed slightly overlapping edge so creased at lower right and reinforced from back, still Very Fine and rare combination of this express handstamp on a telegraph cover, from the Wilson Born collection -- Mr. Born speculated that this cover carried an announcement of construction of a telegraph line across the Bering Strait to Russia

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