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Auction: 22012 - The Philatelic Collector's Series - e-Auction
Lot: 2245

(x) Canada
1872 (9 Apr.) envelope (with letter) from Port Hope to Coburg, bearing Large Queen 2c. (2, one bisected diagonally) with the colour characteristic of the last printing of the 2c., faintly cancelled and showing despatch datestamp at left; the envelope with some small peripheral faults. Sold "as is". Unitrade 24c, $6,500; S.G. 57ab, £5,500

Note: Only five single rate domestic letters paid for with a bisected Large Queen 2c. are recorded by Duckworth in "The Large Queen Stamps of Canada and Their Use, 1868-1872", all of which are used from Nova Scotia.

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£200

Starting price
£200