Canada #1, 1a (Lots 403 and 404)

Canada’s first stamp is the three penny beaver printed on laid paper, Scott #1. We offer two lots of this popular collectible.  One is a pair of these stamps in the highest quality with deep rich colour, light postmark and large, even margins (#1, lot 403).  The second (lot 404, Scott #1a) is from the corner of a sheet with the original huge margins. With a centrally applied target cancel, this stamp has tremendous visual appeal.  Less than a handful of corner marginal examples have survived.

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