Lot 50001 – 1852–57 3d Brown-Red, Vertical Pair on Cover to USA
Lot 50001 – 1852–57 3d Brown-Red, Vertical Pair on Cover to USA
Lot 50001 – 1852–57 3d Brown-Red, Vertical Pair on Cover to USA
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)
36d 15h 42m 16s before pre-bidding ends
Description
1852–57 3d Brown-Red, Vertical Pair on Cover to USAVertical pair of 3d brown-red, first printing on wove paper, good margins all around, similarly cancelled, on cover from Toronto, 19 September 1852, with additional red PAID handstamp from the Miss Parkman correspondence.Paying the 6d U.S. letter rate, valid from 1 July 1851, a fine example of early Canadian stamp usage and correspondence provenance.Provenance: Provera.Expertise: Cert. Vincent Graves Greene (1987). Auction
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