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Lot# 6355 - Auction 257-264

  • Lot# : 6355 Canada

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    Upper Columbia Navigation & Tramway Co 1899: Cover bearing perf. 12 "U.C.Co. / 5 c." red and 1899 2 c. on  3 c. rose-carmine tied to local cover by "Golden / B.C." datestamps (22 August 1899) in black. The stamp, imperforate at left and at top, is from position 1 on the sheetlet of 10 subjects (5 x 2). Very rare, only 1,000 printed, just a handful of covers are known: the addressee, Bert Lowe, was an old-time gold prospector and bridge tender at Spillimachine, a town on the river between the lake and Golden.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF