Sale 339

The Daniel Cantor Collection
The Province of Canada, 1851-1868:
The Pence & Cents Era


Six Pence Laid with No Visible Laid Lines
 
 
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Lot 23
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Canada, 1851, Prince Albert, 6d slate violet with no visible laid lines (Unitrade 2 var.), large to oversize margins with choice color and a light blue target cancel, Extremely Fine and quite rare. Scott 2 var. $1,750+. Unitrade C$2,500+ ($1,880),

Expertization: 2011 Greene Foundation Certificate as "No. 2 without visible laid lines".

Despite the fact that there are no visible laid lines, the thickness and texture of the paper, as well as the color of the ink, are those of the laid paper printings. In
Canada's Pence Era by Arfkin et al, the authors note that among the 1851 laid paper printings "there are ambiguities or rarities, such as stamps printed on thin wove paper".
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Lot 24
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Canada, 1851, Prince Albert, 6d slate violet with no visible laid lines (Unitrade 2 var.), ample to oversize margins with a bit of adjacent stamp visible at top, light split ring town cancel and clear "(C)ANADA" in arc exchange office marking, remarkably fresh and Very Fine to Extremely Fine, a most handsome example of this rare variety. Scott 2 var. $1,750+. Unitrade C$2,500+ ($1,880),

Expertization: 2011 Greene Foundation Certificate.
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Lot 25
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Canada, 1851, Prince Albert, 6d slate violet with no visible laid lines (Unitrade 2 var.), clear to large margins and central target cancel, Fine and rare. Scott 2 var. $1,750+. Unitrade C$2,500+ ($1,880),

Expertization: 2008 Sismondo and 2011 Greene Foundation Certificates.
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