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Bidboard #
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1976
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Lot #
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252
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Catalogue Value or Estimate:
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$250.00
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Current Bid:
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$425
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Canada Cancels
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Clear and nearly complete strike of the extremely rare 1901 "PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION VICTORIA OCT 1. TO 5" slogan flag cancel (Coutts #P-785) on a 2c QV "Numeral" issue, with rest of postmark recreated on-piece. This very early slogan is only known on a couple of dozen favour cancelled covers and on a handful of used stamps. It is theorized that this cancelling device was very annoying to use so the postal employees in the Victoria post office "misplaced" it after only a week or so of use. Coutts catalogue lists the value of this cancel on cover at $850.00. The lot comes with a photocopy of a very informative 1953 "Maple Leaves" article on the cancel by the well known Victoria stamp dealer, Reg Nairne. This is the "Holy Grail" of Canadian slogan/flag cancels. Estimate =
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