Lot 50000 – 1851 3d Orange-Vermilion, Horizontal Pair on Cover

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Lot 50000 – 1851 3d Orange-Vermilion, Horizontal Pair on Cover
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover 1851 3d Orange-Vermilion, Horizontal Pair on Cover
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover 1851 3d Orange-Vermilion, Horizontal Pair on Cover
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover 1851 3d Orange-Vermilion, Horizontal Pair on Cover
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover 1851 3d Orange-Vermilion, Horizontal Pair on Cover
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover 1851 3d Orange-Vermilion, Horizontal Pair on Cover
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover 1851 3d Orange-Vermilion, Horizontal Pair on Cover
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover 1851 3d Orange-Vermilion, Horizontal Pair on Cover
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover 1851 3d Orange-Vermilion, Horizontal Pair on Cover

Lot 50000 – 1851 3d Orange-Vermilion, Horizontal Pair on Cover

Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover
Estimate
3’000 – 4’000 CHF
Auction date
Fri 19 Jun 2026 at 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
22d 13h 27m 20s before pre-bidding ends
Description

1851 3d Orange-Vermilion, Horizontal Pair on Cover to USA

Horizontal pair of 3d orange-vermilion on laid paper, Pane A, positions 46 & 47, the latter showing a Major Re-entry, outer frameline just touched at lower left corner otherwise fine to large margins, tied by concentric circles on cover from Montreal, 28 June 1852, with red curved framed CANADA handstamp to Boston.

Pays the 6d U.S. letter rate, valid from 1 July 1851, a remarkable usage of early Canadian stamps with notable plate variety.

Provenance: Fairbanks; Schneider; Cantor.

Expertise: Cert. B.P.A. (1987).

Auction
June 2026 Auction Series
Catalogue
Canada “PENCE” Postal History

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