Auction: 1026 - British Empire Stamps & Covers from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 96
Canada 1851-59 Issued Stamps 1851 laid paper, 3d. orange-vermilion, unused without gum, good to large margins and with the laid lines clearly visible; small central puncture and a corner crease at lower right, otherwise sound and an attractive example of this very rare stamp. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 1a, £22,000. Photo Estimate £ 4,000-4,500 provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein, B.N.A. Sale 2, May 1969
Sold for
£8,000