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Auction: 11033 - Autumn Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1283

War Tax Stamps Canada Covers 1919 envelope from Quebec to England bearing 2c. cancelled by "mailed on the high seas/exempt from war tax" h.s. (Hosking 2265), 1920 1c. postcards (2) ex the same correspondence to British Columbia each showing "war tax stamp/not needed" h.s. in different colours, and 1921 postcard from England to U.S.A. posted on board the Canadian Pacific Ocean Services Empress of France, franked at 1d. and showing partially legible "posted on the high seas,/exempt from war tax." h.s. (Hosking 2266); a scarce group Estimate £ 250-300

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