QAE2 - 1765 America Embossed Revenue, Quebec City & Trois Rivieres

STAMP #: QAE2

MINT/USED:

TYPE: Embossed Cut Square

GRADE: VF

DESCRIPTION: 1765, 3p die B. Sharply impressed albino embossing on thick laid paper, 27 x 39mm; portion of handwritten manuscript letter on back.Only five examples of the 3p Die B have been recorded in private hands (in any condition; off or on document) by Zaluski.

An amazing Canadian Revenue rarity, noting in catalogue that "pricing is very difficult as these rarely turn up".

Provenance: (Sissons Sale 392, May 1979; Lot 747 - realized $1,750 hammer) (Maresch Sale 189, September 1986; Lot 382 - described as "Very rare Die B, this is the only recorded copy that I know of and was only discovered in 1978".)