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Auction: 142 - March Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 768

#C3a, C3i, 1921 "AIR MAIL/to Halifax N.S./1921" overprint on 35c Red, inverted overprints, rare combination vertical pair, the top stamp from pos 1 of the setting of 25 with narrow spacing between "AIR" and "MAIL" and no period after "1921" (#C3g) and the bottom stamp from pos. 6 with wide spacing between "AIR" and "MAIL" and with period after "1921" (#C3i), o.g., very fine, an especially desirable combination error pair; only four panes of 25 received an inverted overprint, of these only sixteen examples of the narrow setting no period and 40 example of the wide setting no period were printed; both signed Sanabria and accompanied by 2001 Brandon and 2003 BPA certificates (Unitrade C$19,500+).

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