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Auction: 7016 - British North America featuring the "JURA" Collection
Lot: 2072

x CANADA The Large Queen Issue Three Cents Red-brown/Brown-red Ottawa Printings, Perforated 12 Covers 1869 (12 Mar.) mourning envelope from Peterborough, Ont. to St. Catherine´s, Ont., bearing 3c. brown-red with ribbed paper effect, neatly cancelled with duplex and showing arrival c.d.s. (13.3) on reverse. A very scarce variety, particularly on cover. Philatelic Foundation Certificate (1952). Photo Estimate £ 500-600 Note: The ribbed effect is due to the paper passing over canvas instead of metal rollers in the final stages of manufacture, giving a rather coarse impression provenance: Vincent G. Greene S.J. Menich, 2000

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£650