Lot 290
British Columbia & Vancouver Island 1869, 5¢ on 3d bright red, perf 14 (9), tied by straight line For Great Britain and Ireland handstamp in blue on U.S. 6¢ red stationery envelope (U86) with Wells, Fargo frank, also bearing U.S. 12¢ black (90) and 24¢ lilac (78) tied by cork type cancellations, showing "Wells, Fargo & Co./Victoria/Jul 14" oval datestamp in blue and "New York" c.d.s. in red adjacent, Very Fine "paste-up" usage with U.S. postage stamps probably paying the seven times 6 cent rate and therefore mailed in 1870 or 1871. SG 29. Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Expertization: 1992 P.F. Certificate.
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Realized $1,700 |