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Auction: 177 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 226

Canada - Semi Official Airmails
1927, Patricia Airways & Exploration Co, unlisted violet overprint,
on official Patricia Airways cover, showing route map on back, franked with 2c Admiral, semi-official affixed to back and showing HAILEYBURY / and / ROUYN / 10 cents overprint in distinctive violet shade rather than the recorded red, tied by Rouyn AP 11 c.d.s., one of only two recorded covers showing this variety, some trivial wrinkling does not detract from this rare and desirable cover, an exhibit-worthy addition to an advanced collection, ex-Simrak; with 2019 Greene Foundation certificate.
Cover

Estimate
$1,500 to $2,000

Starting price
$900