Lot 50001 – 1852–57 3d Brown-Red, Vertical Pair on Cover to USA

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Lot 50001 – 1852–57 3d Brown-Red, Vertical Pair on Cover to USA
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover 1852–57 3d Brown-Red, Vertical Pair on Cover to USA
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover 1852–57 3d Brown-Red, Vertical Pair on Cover to USA
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover 1852–57 3d Brown-Red, Vertical Pair on Cover to USA
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover 1852–57 3d Brown-Red, Vertical Pair on Cover to USA
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover 1852–57 3d Brown-Red, Vertical Pair on Cover to USA
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover 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)
22d 13h 27m 12s before pre-bidding ends
Description

1852–57 3d Brown-Red, Vertical Pair on Cover to USA

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

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