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Bidboard #
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1915
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Lot #
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103
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Catalogue Value or Estimate:
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$380.00
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Price Realized:
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$240
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Canada
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# 1693ii, 1991C-1991D, 2642, 2642ii
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VF mint NH trio of modern Unitrade listed varieties or elusive limited edition Canada Post issues. The group consists of 1) VF MNH example of the $5.00 Moose "Extra Moose" variety consisting of a strong offset of the brown Moose, showing a clear impression facing left on the gummed side instead of facing right as on the front. A great mate for the Missing Moose variety. Unitrade states only 200 examples have been reported. 2) Complete 2003 issue Canada-Alaska Cruise Ship Sheet. Post Office fresh and VF MNH. These very limited edition promotional "Picture Postage" stamps were only issued for use on the 2003 season Alaska route cruise ships and are much scarcer than the Unitrade catalogue value would suggest. The 10 undenominated se-tenant stamps in the sheet were (and still are) valid for use as first-class international letter mail. The official printing figures total 50,000 but many were probably still unsold at the end of the cruising season and destroyed. We rarly find these sheets in collections we hle. 3) VF mint NH 2013 issue "Chinatown Gates" IMPERFORATE souvenir sheet of 8. This special and limited edition sheet was only available in the "Chinatown Gates Collection" and was overlooked as a major modern variety by most collectors. Only 8,888 issued. A real "sleeper" item, undervalued in Unitrade. Note that this imperforate variety ALWAYS sells for close to (and sometimes over) full catalogue. Regular perforated sheet included. Total 2021 Unitrade $380.00
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