U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 9-10, 2014
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #579 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NOVA SCOTIA 1851-57 1sh dull violet, margins all around (large on three sides), tied by oval grill cancel on small outer FL to Halifax, endorsed "Paid with Stamp", with "Guysborough Dec. 17 1853" datestamp and receiving postmark on reverse, filing folds away from the stamp, with 1963 BPA and 2004 Philatelic Foundation Certificates, ex-Burrus, Amundsen, Kanai, Mayer and Wilkinson (where it realized $27,000, plus buyer's premium), v.f. and beautiful cover, one of only two known, paying the two ounce letter rate within Nova Scotia  Catalog #7 | Price Realized $18,500.00 |
