Lot
71 
Nova Scotia, 1853, 1d red brown, Horizontal Pair and Single, large margins to just in, beautiful colors and impressions, tied by "H" in grid cancels on folded letter to Pictou, matching "Halifax NO 8, 1858" backstamp, Pictou (11.9) receiving backstamp; internal tear in address sheet, two vertical folds, one barely affecting right stamp, still Very Fine. SG No. 1. Scott No. 1 Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
AN ATTRACTIVE USE OF THE 1D 1853 ISSUE ON COVER.