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    Sale 1303

    BRITISH EMPIRE STAMPS & POSTAL HISTORY

    Spink London

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    21 - 22 March 2002

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    • cover 10c. black-brown, first
    Lot 628

    cover 10c. black-brown, first printing, tied by 4-ring ''21'' on 1859 (11 July) entire letter from Montreal to New York and showing unframed ''PAID'' h.s. in red; the 10c. with perforations trimmed at upper right and at lower left, nevertheless a very early date and a rare stamp on cover. Unitrade 16; S.G. 33. Photo

    Price realised

    GBP 1,035

    Estimate

    GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,200

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    cover 10c. black-brown, first printing, tied by 4-ring "21" on 1859 (11 July) entire letter from Montreal to New York and showing unframed "PAID" h.s. in red; the 10c. with perforations trimmed at upper right and at lower left, nevertheless a very early date and a rare stamp on cover. Unitrade 16; S.G. 33. Photo

    Provenance

    Dr. Lewis Reford, 1951 (3rd. sale)
    "Consort", 1977
    Lt. Col. D.M.C. Prichard, 1990

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