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Auction: 12013 - The Collector's Series sale
Lot: 721

Prince Edward Island First Issue 1861 (1 Jan.) Perforation 9 Covers 1862 (23 Jan.) envelope from Charlotte Town to St. Peter´s P.O. Cape Breton, bearing 2d. rose (2, one bisected diagonally) paying the 3d. rate to Nova Scotia, clearly tied by 8 bar oval and showing, on reverse, Type P7, Amherst N.S. (24.1), Antigonish N.S. (30.1), Sydney C.B. (1.2) and arrival (3.2) datestamps; the bisect with top left apex missing. The only recorded example of this bisected issue. R.P.S. Certificate (2001). S.G. 1c, £4750. Photo Estimate £ 3,000-4,000

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