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Bidboard # 1911
Lot # 72
Catalogue Value or Estimate: $900.00
Price Realized: $625
Canada # F1b

Vibrantly fresh and VF mint NH part inscription upper sheet margin example of the very scarce 1888 printing of the 2c Registered Letter Stamp in the distinctive (but often mis-identified) rose carmine shade. This is the key shade of this value. The stamp comes with the Vincent Graves Greene photo certificate for the original pair, which states in part "mint, OG, NH... rose carmine shade, genuuine in all respects". Unitrade is $1,500.00 for VF mint NH. 2021 Scott catalogue value US$750.00=