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Lot# 5059 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 5059 Canada

    1852: 3d. red on ribbed soft wove paper, sheet margin at top, others margins close to touching, tied to 1858 cover with second 3d. red, this showing the major re-entry from position 34, plate A, chiefly ample to good margins, just touching at upper left, postmarked with Ingersoll c.d.s. (11 Mar), to St. Catharines, with next-day arrival backstamp, a scarce and desirable franking paying the double letter rate, a cover that has graced several exceptional collections.rnProvenance: Collection Daniel Cantor, Matthew Bennett Auctions, New York, September, 2011, lot 257; Collection Joseph Hackmey; Collection Warren Wilkinson; Collection Sol Kanee.rn 
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF