Lot 74
Canada, 1852, Beaver, 3d red, Kingston experiment perforations (Unitrade 4 var.), horizontal pair, scissor separated, tied by two strikes of four-ring "18" cancels on blue folded cover from the Ontario Foundry Co. to New York, reddish "Kingston U.C., MY 30" c.d.s. and "Canada" arced exchange office handstamp, some docketing upper left, docketed as received (6.2), one flap removed and vertical file fold; also includes second July 11, 1856 cover from the Ontario Foundry Co. to the same recipient in New York with two imperforate 3d red (4) singles, which was posted prior to the trials; Very Fine and remarkable. Scott 4 var.
Estimate $7,500 - 10,000
ONE OF ONLY TWO OR THREE RECORDED COVERS BEARING THE KINGSTON TRIAL PERFORATIONS.
Expertization: 2011 Greene Foundation Certificate.
Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein, Nickle
All known covers bearing stamps with the Kingston trial perforations originate from the Ontario Foundry Co. where the experimental perforating machine was manufactured. Illustrated in Boggs, p. 168, fig. 47.
Illustrated in Arfken, Leggett, Firby & Steinhart, p. 94.
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