STAMP #: QAE11

MINT/USED:

TYPE: Embossed Cut Square

GRADE: VF

DESCRIPTION: 1765, 2/6 die A. Albino impression on laid paper, 68 x 41mm along with costmark (additional tax amount). One Penny Sheet "Crown" circle handstamp in black at left. Very scarce with eighteen examples (off or on document) recorded by Zaluski.

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

Provenance: (Sissons Sale 392, May 1979; Lot 757 - realized $1,050 hammer), (Maresch Sale 189, September 1986; Lot 389)

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