Lot 50143 – 1852-57 6d Slate-Grey with 1858-59 1/2d Rose Strip – Peterborough to Navan, Ireland via Allan “Nova Scotian”

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Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Mail to Great Britain 1852-57 6d Slate-Grey with 1858-59 1/2d Rose Strip – Peterborough to Navan, Ireland via Allan “Nova Scotian”
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Mail to Great Britain 1852-57 6d Slate-Grey with 1858-59 1/2d Rose Strip – Peterborough to Navan, Ireland via Allan “Nova Scotian”
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Mail to Great Britain 1852-57 6d Slate-Grey with 1858-59 1/2d Rose Strip – Peterborough to Navan, Ireland via Allan “Nova Scotian”
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Mail to Great Britain 1852-57 6d Slate-Grey with 1858-59 1/2d Rose Strip – Peterborough to Navan, Ireland via Allan “Nova Scotian”
Stamp of Canada » Colony of Canada » Mail to Great Britain 1852-57 6d Slate-Grey with 1858-59 1/2d Rose Strip – Peterborough to Navan, Ireland via Allan “Nova Scotian”

Lot 50143 – 1852-57 6d Slate-Grey with 1858-59 1/2d Rose Strip – Peterborough to Navan, Ireland via Allan “Nova Scotian”

Canada » Colony of Canada » Mail to Great Britain
Estimate
10’000 – 15’000 CHF
Auction date
Fri 19 Jun 2026 at 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
22d 14h 44m 14s before pre-bidding ends
Description

1852-57 6d Slate-Grey with 1858-59 1/2d Rose Strip – Peterborough to Navan, Ireland via Allan “Nova Scotian”

6d slate-grey on medium wove paper (three good margins) with 1/2d rose, perforated, horizontal strip of three, tied by “30” numeral with PETERBORO SP 26 1859 C.W. datestamp on envelope (sax seal removed). Routed via Cobourg, Montreal, Quebec, carried by Allan “Nova Scotian” via Liverpool (12/10), onward to Dublin and Navan (13/10). Stunning combination usage.

Note: Illustrated in Arfken.

Provenance: W. Lea, K.L., Carrington, Wilkinson, Hackmey

Expertise: Cert. B.P.A. (1995)

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