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Auction: 167 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 303

#85 var., 1898 2c Black, lavender and carmine Imperial Penny Postage, diagonal half used as 1c, tied along with 1c Jubilee and pair of 1c Maple Leaves paying the 4c double rate to Glouster, Mass., stamps all tied by "Yarmouth, N.S./11 Fe, 99" datestamps to cover with Chemist and Druggist corner card and all-over advertisement on reverse, very fine and unusual usage of an illegal bisect accepted as postage.


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$120