Lot 148
Canada, Three-color franking (35, 36, 37), 1¢ yellow and two each 2¢ green and 3¢ dull red, pen-cancelled on bright yellow cover from Appleby U.C. to Vermilion, Ohio, postmarked Appleby broken circle with manuscript date "Aug 14/74" ("7" corrected from "8") and straight line "REGISTERED", backstamped two light strikes boxed "REGISTERED/G.W.R." and G.W.R./EAST broken circle Aug 17; one 2¢ damaged, one 3¢ small stain, otherwise Very Fine and scarce small post office usage.
Estimate 400 - 500
The post office of Appleby did so little business that it was never issued a movable type date stamp and perhaps not an obliterator, though it did have a "REGISTERED" handstamp. If it had ever been issued an obliterator it had apparently been lost by August of 1874. We also note that the stamps were applied after the markings had been struck, as the 1¢ covers a bit of the "REGISTERED" and a 3¢ covers a bit of the date stamp.
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| Realized $400 |
