5¢ Red Brown (12), A Relief (top row), large margins including top left corner sheet margins, rich color, used with 1¢ Blue, Type IIIa (22) pair, Plate 4, and 3¢ Dull Red, Type III (26), tied together by single clear strike of "Palatine Ill. Aug. 13" (1858) circular datestamp with second strike on buff cover to Forestville, Canada West, red "U.STATES" and "PAID 10" Detroit cross-border exchange office handstamps, Simcoe transit and Forestville receiving backstamps (August 26, 1858), 1¢ pair has trimmed perfs and tiny tear at right, 3¢ top left corner repaired, 5¢ tiny vertical margin tear, small repair in top right corner of cover, overall appearance Very Fine, a remarkable mixed-issue franking for the 10¢ rate to Canada, ex Mayer and Hackmey, illustrated in Frajola-Mayer book (p. 88), with 2006 P.F. certificate

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