Lot 375
Canada, 1857, Queen Victoria, ½d rose, horizontally ribbed paper (Unitrade 8a), position 47, pane A, large to huge margins, insignificant crease at lower right, tied by light strike of "Seneca, C.W. May 15, 1858" c.d.s. on printed May 15 circular to Peoria, Wyoming County, New York. Scott 8a.
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
ONE OF THE FINEST USAGES OF THE14 COVERS EXTANT WITH THIS RARE STAMP AND THE ONLY SINGLE USAGE TO THE UNITED STATES.
Expertization: 1982 Greene Foundation Certificate.
Provenance: Barclay, Kanee, Wilkinson, Hackmey
Illustrated in Arfken, Leggett, Firby & Steinhart (p.
203).
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