Lot 50019 – COBOURG: 1851 6d Slate-Violet on Laid Paper Cover to

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Lot 50019 – COBOURG: 1851 6d Slate-Violet on Laid Paper Cover to
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Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Cancellations COBOURG: 1851 6d Slate-Violet on Laid Paper Cover to
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Cancellations COBOURG: 1851 6d Slate-Violet on Laid Paper Cover to

Lot 50019 – COBOURG: 1851 6d Slate-Violet on Laid Paper Cover to

Canada » Colony of Canada » Cancellations
Estimate
2’000 – 2’400 CHF
Auction date
Fri 19 Jun 2026 at 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
22d 12h 45m 9s before pre-bidding ends
Description

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

Cover with 6d slate-violet on laid paper, good to large margins, cancelled by COBOURG, MY 8 1854, U.C. circular datestamp, bearing black framed curved CANADA handstamp, addressed to Point Harmar, Washington County, Ohio.

Pays the 6d U.S. letter rate, valid from 1 July 1851.

Note: The stamp may be on thin wove, almost pelure paper, with laid lines barely visible, as discussed in Arfken, p. 47. Illustrated in the Capex 1951 Exhibition Catalogue.

Provenance: Moody; Vincent Greene

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

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