Lot 340
Canada, 1853, Beaver, 3d brown red (Unitrade 4a), horizontal pair, rich color, huge margins to barely in at left showing portion of adjoining stamp at bottom left, tied by Saratoga Springs, NY, Jul. 6 (1857) c.d.s., on cover to Montreal with backstamp, cover slightly reduced at left, Very Fine. Scott 4a.
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
ONE OF ONLY FIVE RECORDED USAGES OF CANADIAN STAMPS TO PREPAY THE ½ OUNCE LETTER RATE FROM THE UNITED STATES TO CANADA.
Expertization: 1992 Greene Foundation Certificate.
Provenance: Craveri, Wilkinson, Hackmey
The use of Canadian stamps abroad was prohibited by regulation, but the regulation was occasionally violated.
Illustrated in Arfken, Leggett, Firby & Steinhart, p. 184.
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