Lot 292
Canada, 1859, Beaver, 3d red & 1859, Beaver, 5¢ vermilion (Unitrade 12, 15), correspondence pair of 1859 printed promissory notes from Peterboro to Cobourg, first bearing the perforated 3d red (12) tied by numeral "30" four-ring cancel on cover prepaying the old 3d letter rate, with June 28 Peterboro c.d.s., only a few days before the currency change [July 1]; second bearing 5¢ vermilion (15) tied by "30" with July 8 c.d.s. prepaying the new 5¢ domestic letter rate mailed only a few days after the currency change, small cover fault; Very Fine. Scott 12, 15.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
A REMARKABLE EXHIBITION PAIR FROM THE SAME CRRESPONDENCE SHOWING THE CURRENCY CHANGE FROM PENCE TO CENTS.
Provenance: Huff, Stockinger
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