Lot 2186
 
Canada, 1857, ½d rose, vertical stitch watermark (8), block of four with vertical stitch watermark in left pair. Large margins all around, radiant shade on bright white paper. O.g., bottom pair never hinged. Top pair with horizontal crease and top left stamp with tiny tear. Otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 10,000 - 15,000
A UNIQUE BLOCK CONTAINING THE ONLY TWO RECORDED MINT EXAMPLES OF THE VERTICAL STITCH WATERMARK.
Expertization: 1974 P.F. Certificate.
Apparently only one sheet of 100 was printed on paper with a vertical stitch watermark; eight used examples are known, with the two in this block accounting for all ten stamps from a single vertical row of the sheet.
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