Lot 127
New Brunswick, 1851, 3d dark red, clear to large margins, canceled by manuscript "Obliterated R.E.S." on cover to the way office at Hopewell "the Cape", red "Hillsborough, N.B., Janry 16/52" cds with manuscript dating matching cancellation; some light cover tone spots, still Very Fine, an unusual initial cancellation from R.E. Steeves, who was the Way Keeper at Hillsborough.Scott No. 1a Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.