Lot 816
 
Canada, 1868, Large Queen, 12½¢ blue on soft white "blotting" paper (28 var.), block of six, bottom center stamp missing outer frame line of right value tablet, top center stamp with dot in large "1" at right, nicely centered for this with exceptionally bright color and paper and full original gum (hinge remnants), horizontal crease across top stamps, otherwise Fine and most attractive. Scott $7,200 as normal singles. Unitrade 28iii, ii & var. C$24,000 as Fine normal singles ($18,000),
AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE ORIGINAL GUM MULTIPLE OF THE PRINTING ON "DUCKWORTH PAPER 8", WHICH UNITRADE DOES NOT PRICE IN THE GRADE OF VF.
Expertization: 2009 Greene Foundation Certificate.
Provenance: H.E. Canham
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