Auction: 143 - The "Fordwater" Collection of Canada and B.N.A. Colonies
Lot: 104
#C3, C3b, C3d, C3f, C3h, C3j, 1921 "Air Mail/to Halifax, N.S./1921" overprint on 3c Red, the complete setting of 25 (5x5), comprised of eighteen stamps with 2½mm spacing between "Air" and "Mail" including ten with no stop after "1921", seven with stop after "1921" and one with no stop and "1" of "1921" below "f" of "Halifax", the other seven stamps are the narrow setting with 1½mm between "Air" and "Mail" and include four with stop after "1921" and one with no stop and "1" of "1921" below "L" of "Halifax", generally well centered, strong and intact perforations all around, o.g., top five stamps and bottom corner stamps lightly hinged, the other eighteen all never hinged, bottom left stamp with shallow thinned spot, otherwise fine-very fine;
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