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Sale 101: The Westpex Sale

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Canadian Provinces - Newfoundland: 1897-1919 Regular Issues

Lot 224    

Newfoundland, 1897, 1¢ on 3¢ gray lilac, double surcharge, one diagonal, horizontal pair, right stamp creased, F.-V.F., ex-Sir Gawaine Baillie; with 1936 R.P.S.L. certificate. Newf. Spec. Nos. 66g $3,450.
Scott Nos. 75a    $2,000.

THERE ARE ONLY 5 RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS RARE SURCHARGE VARIETY, THIS PAIR BEING THE ONLY TYPE I EXAMPLES.

This type I pair, another type Ia pair (ex-Lichtenstein) and a type Ia single are recorded with the double surcharge, one diagonal. Examples of this surcharge variety do not exist for types II and III.

Reference: Pictured in Robson Lowe's Encyclopedia, Vol. V, page 477.

Realized: $2,100

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