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Auction: 7016 - British North America featuring the "JURA" Collection
Lot: 2277

x CANADA The Small Queen Issue Three Cents Red Ottawa Second Printings, Perforated 12 Covers Undated Wells, Fargo "victoria, british columbia" envelope (fractionally truncated at right) from Victoria to San Jose, California, bearing 3c. dull vermilion neatly cancelled with "H. Van Luven-" messenger´s handstamp in violet, no other markings; unusual. Photo Estimate £ 200-250 Note: Herman Van Luven was a Wells, Fargo messenger from 1891-94. The Wells, Fargo & Co. mail service was suppressed by the U.S. Post Office in 1895 provenance: George J. Kramer, 1990

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