CANADA 1897 Jubilee $5 olive-green (USED), SG140

CANADA 1897 Jubilee $5 olive-green (USED), SG1402950. 00 Canada 1897 Jubilee $5 olive green, lower right corner block of 4, lightly cancelled by two strikes of 'WINNIPEG OC 13 05' violet circular date stamps, which leaves portraits largely clear, SG140. Typical centring for this issue, but a rare and lovely multiple, in exceptional condition. The stamp was issued to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of the reign of Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria died at the beginning of 1901, after a reign of over 63

A superb unused top marginal imperforate imprimatur lettered AE

Great Britain Queen Victoria Surface Printed 1880 2s brown

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This pair of handwritten letters from one of the most influential writers of the 19th century is written across two adjoining sheets

Pristine four margin unmounted mint original gum example lettered NH

A fine and fresh example with original gum

save for the Queen's embossed Royal crown crest

part of the British West Indies

Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £275

L[ett]ers patente under your grete Seale of England in due and sufficient fourme to

SG Catalogue value: £6

matching lower left corner blocks of 8 (4x2) with '1A' (x4) plate numbers and "BDT INTERNATIONAL SECURITY PRINTING LTD" imprint