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Auction: 7016 - British North America featuring the "JURA" Collection
Lot: 2228

x CANADA The Small Queen Issue Two Cents Green Montreal and Ottawa Printings, Perforated 12 Covers 1873 (19 Apr.) envelope from Wilmot, N.S. to Bridgetown, N.S., bearing 2c. green horizontal pair with the left-hand stamp bisected diagonally, neatly cancelled with oval of bars and showing despatch c.d.s. at left, indistinct transit d.s. on reverse. An attractive and very rare franking of the domestic 3c. rate. S.G. 78b, £1,600; Sc. 24c. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 Note: Illustrated on page 394 of the Arfken handbook provenance: Vincent Greene George B. Arfken

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