Lot
368 
Canada, 1897, Queen Victoria "Maple Leaf", 3¢ carmine, large margins, tied by "Halifax & Yarmouth R.P.O., Ja 7, 98" cds on corner card cover to Yarmouth, N.S., receiving backstamp, pencil notation "First 3 cent of new issue rec'd at Bank of Yarmouth", Very Fine, the Earliest on Cover Usage of the 1897 2¢ Queen Victoria Issue, ex-Baron; with 1985 B.P.A. certificate. SG No. 145. Scott No. 69 Estimate $500 - 750.