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Auction: 22012 - The Philatelic Collector's Series - e-Auction
Lot: 2258

(x) Canada
Registration Stamps
1875-92 2c. orange bisected vertically and tied by ten bar oval obliterator on locally addressed 1880 (31 May) envelope paying the 1c. drop letter rate and showing "advocate harbour/n.s." datestamp alongside; the envelope partly separated on reverse, not detracting from this dramatic and rare usage. Greene Foundation Certificate (2020)

Note: While postal regulations forbade the use of bisects in this period, it was not unheard of for them to be accepted, particularly in the Maritime provinces.

provenance:
Gerald Welburn
Horace Harrison

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

Estimate
£3,000 to £4,000

Starting price
£2500