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Bidboard #
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1917
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Lot #
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131
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Catalogue Value or Estimate:
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$2,500.00
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Price Realized:
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$1,550
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Canada
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# MR2B, MR2Bi, MR2C, MR2C, MR2D, MR2Di "SAMPLES"
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Complete set of all six 1915 issue provisional GeoV Admiral 5c, 20c and 50c overprinted War Tax postal/fiscals, all overprinted either "WAR TAX" or "INLAND REVENUE/WAR TAX". Each individual stamp in the group has been further handstamped "Sample" in purple. References to these "sample" handstamps can be found in older auction catalogues where the consensus was that not more than six to a dozen "Sample" sets were produced by the government in 1915. A premium quality VF group, OG mint Hinged with the only small defect noted being a small perf thin at left on the MR2B. Canadian postal/fiscal rarities of the highest order. Estimate =
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