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Auction: 18010 - British North America, The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 146

(x) Prince Edward Island
The Stamps
1861 (1 Jan.) rouletted 2d. rose Die I showing roulettes or traces thereof on two sides, neatly cancelled with large part oval of eight bars at Charlotte Town; two small thins and a corner crease though of very fine appearance and a choice example of this exceptional British North America rarity. Only five examples are recorded, one in the Royal Philatelic Collection and one in the Tapling Collection at the British Library. This example is superior to the three examples available on the open market. R.P.S. Certificate (1969). S.G. 5, £22,000. Photo

Note: The first report of this major variety was made by Donald A. King in Stanley Gibbons Journal dated 30 April 1895 in which he announced its discovery in 1888. Arthur A. Bartlett subsequently found four other examples. Two further examples were reported to be known on cover but these have never been sighted. The stamp offered above was exhibited in CAPEX'96 in the "Gems of Canadian Philately" Court of Honour display

provenance:
Dale Lichtenstein
Dr. R.V.C. Carr, April 1999
Norman Hubbard
Martyn Cusworth, March 2005

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Sold for
£20,000