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Vevey to Quebec, Canada East, August 1858. Single rate of 115 Rappen, via Liverpool Carried from Liverpool with the Allan Line steamer Anglo Saxon on the summer route to Quebec Marked on reverse upon arrival Quebec 22 August 1858 and rated with the 1 d British colonial postage Provenance: Richard Schaefer The Montreal Ocean Steamship Company (Allan Line) received a Canadian mail contract in 1855 with a fortnightly service between Liverpool and Quebec starting on 23 April 1856. The contract was renewed in the beginning of 1859 and the service was increased to weekly during the summer season. Time and mileage was saved on the Canadian end by disembarkation at Riviere du Loup and the use of the connecting railway to Quebec.