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Auction: 23026 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 1206

Canada
1857 ribbed paper ½d. deep rose (2) and 3d. red, all clearly cancelled on 1858 (26 Mar.) envelope registered from Hamilton to Eastwood, showing despatch datestamp, straight-line "registered" h.s. and, on reverse, Woodstock transit c.d.s. (27.3). An extremely rare franking being just one of only two known covers with both existing values on ribbed paper. Photo

provenance:
Dale Lichtenstein, Harrison and Wilkinson
Joseph Hackmey

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Sold for
£3,200

Starting price
£3200