Lot 60200 – 1851, 3d dark bright red on bluish paper, horizontal pair, tied by mute grill cancels on folded cover

Stamp of Canada » New Brunswick 1851, 3d dark bright red on bluish paper, horizontal pair, tied by mute grill cancels on folded cover
Stamp of Canada » New Brunswick 1851, 3d dark bright red on bluish paper, horizontal pair, tied by mute grill cancels on folded cover
Stamp of Canada » New Brunswick 1851, 3d dark bright red on bluish paper, horizontal pair, tied by mute grill cancels on folded cover
Stamp of Canada » New Brunswick 1851, 3d dark bright red on bluish paper, horizontal pair, tied by mute grill cancels on folded cover
Stamp of Canada » New Brunswick 1851, 3d dark bright red on bluish paper, horizontal pair, tied by mute grill cancels on folded cover
Stamp of Canada » New Brunswick 1851, 3d dark bright red on bluish paper, horizontal pair, tied by mute grill cancels on folded cover

Lot 60200 – 1851, 3d dark bright red on bluish paper, horizontal pair, tied by mute grill cancels on folded cover

Canada » New Brunswick
Price realised
2’600 GBP
Estimate
1’600 – 2’400 GBP
Auction date
Fri 22 Nov 2024 at 09:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

1851, 3d dark bright red on bluish paper, horizontal pair, large margins to very slightly touched at lower right, file crease affecting right stamp otherwise very fine, tied by mute grill cancels on folded cover (Asa Coy Sept 24 1851) with matching “FREDERICTON SEP 24 1851” cds on reverse, send to Hartford, CT (USA) with Woodstock N.B transit backstamp (25.9.1851). The second earliest recorded cover with stamps of New Brunswick (the earliest being Sept 20.1851) and the earliest known sent to the USA; cert. Vincent Greene (1988); ex Argenti, “Foxbridge” and Saint.

Catalogue ref: S.G. 1; Mi. 1Ex

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