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Auction: 7016 - British North America featuring the "JURA" Collection
Lot: 2381

x CANADA The Small Queen Issue Ten Cents Montreal Printings, Perforated 11 1/2x12 Covers 1875 (17 Nov.) twelve times rate wrapper registered from Fort Garry to Toronto, bearing 10c. very pale lilac-magenta vertical strip of three and 1c. orange-yellow marginal strip of three with part imprint, in combination with Large Queen 5c. olive-green, all with cork cancellations and showing "registered" h.s. and Fort Garry c.d.s. towards foot, the reverse showing Windsor c.d.s. (26.11) in blue and arrival c.d.s. (27.11); the wrapper with a horizontal crease towards foot and other small faults, nevertheless the largest known multiple of this rare shade and a remarkable three-colour franking. Photo Estimate £ 1,200-1,500 provenance: Jephcott W. Simpson, 1996

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