Lot 50010 – 6d. slate-violet on laid paper, right marginal example

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Lot 50010 – 6d. slate-violet on laid paper, right marginal example
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover 6d. slate-violet on laid paper, right marginal example
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover 6d. slate-violet on laid paper, right marginal example
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover 6d. slate-violet on laid paper, right marginal example
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover 6d. slate-violet on laid paper, right marginal example
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover 6d. slate-violet on laid paper, right marginal example
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover 6d. slate-violet on laid paper, right marginal example
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover 6d. slate-violet on laid paper, right marginal example
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover 6d. slate-violet on laid paper, right marginal example

Lot 50010 – 6d. slate-violet on laid paper, right marginal example

Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover
Estimate
4’000 – 5’000 CHF
Auction date
Fri 19 Jun 2026 at 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
22d 13h 27m 36s before pre-bidding ends
Description

1851 6d Slate-Violet on Laid Paper Cover to USA

6d slate-violet on laid paper, right sheet-marginal example with good to large margins on the other sides, tied by blue concentric circles on cover from Belleville, 6 November 1855, via Kingston, with red curved framed CANADA handstamp to New York.

Considered one of the finest 6d laid paper covers recorded, paying the 6d U.S. letter rate, valid from 1 July 1851.

Provenance: Siverts; Richardson; Wilkinson; Hackmey.

Expertise: Cert. Vincent Graves Greene (1989), B.P.A. (2014).

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

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