Lot 50014 – Exceptional ½d deep rose on medium wove paper, tied

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Lot 50014 – Exceptional ½d deep rose on medium wove paper, tied
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover Exceptional ½d deep rose on medium wove paper, tied
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover Exceptional ½d deep rose on medium wove paper, tied
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover Exceptional ½d deep rose on medium wove paper, tied
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover Exceptional ½d deep rose on medium wove paper, tied
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover Exceptional ½d deep rose on medium wove paper, tied
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover Exceptional ½d deep rose on medium wove paper, tied

Lot 50014 – Exceptional ½d deep rose on medium wove paper, tied

Canada » Colony of Canada » Regular Uses of the Issued Stamps including Special Features of the Issued Stamps on Cover
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Price realised
Unsold
Estimate
3’000 – 3’600 CHF
Auction date
Fri 19 Jun 2026 at 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

1852-57 ½d Deep Rose, First Day Cover, 1 August 1857

Exceptional ½d deep rose on medium wove paper, outer frameline just cut into at left otherwise good to large margins, tied by the bold “21” numeral cancellation of Montreal on a printed circular to Toronto, endorsed “Montreal Brokers Circular” with printed date. Docketing on the reverse confirms 1 August 1857 — the day of issue.

A remarkable and historically significant item: the only recorded clear Canadian Pence First Day Cover.

Rate: The domestic printed matter rate was originally 1d per 1 oz (Department Order, 17 April 1851), later reduced to ½d (recorded by 1856 in the Canadian Almanac), correctly paying the applicable circular rate.

A key exhibition piece and one of the great rarities of Canadian Pence postal history.

Provenance: Bertram.

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

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