Lot 365
Canada, 1855, Prince Albert, 6d greenish gray (Unitrade 5b), distinctive color, huge margins on three sides with 4mm. sheet margin at top, just in at bottom, applied over "Paid/Drawer 14 U.J. & Co." oval handstamp in carmine and tied by concentric rings cancel on 1856 cover with "By Grand Trunk Railway" carmine handstamp and addressed to Bryants Pond, Maine, showing "Mon. & Isld. P.O. Grand Tr'k R. Way No. 6/C/Down/May 9 1856" double-ring d.s. adjacent; tiny edge tear at top, a Very Fine and outstanding use. Scott 5b.
Estimate $5,000 - 7,500
A STRIKING AND RARE USAGE.
Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein, Robertson
Illustrated in Boggs, p. 649. S.G. 10.; Arfken, Leggett, Firby & Steinhart, p. 146.
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