Lot 386
Canada, 1859, Prince Albert, 10¢ "deep chocolate" brown (Unitrade 16i), printing order 1B, incredible deeply inked shade with intact perforations all around, tied by numeral "18" four-rings cancel on 1859 folded cover to New York, showing "Kingston U.C., OC 17 1859" origin c.d.s. in red adjacent, the entire has a small reinforced slit and tear top right corner around, but not affecting the stamp, Very Fine and choice use on cover. Scott 16 var.
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Expertization: 1986 Greene Foundation Certificate classifies the shade as 15b according to the 1986 Canada Specialized Catalogue.
Provenance: Caspary, Hunter, Robertson
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