Lot 150, Canada 1851 six pence slate violet Consort used pair on laid paper

150 Canada #2 1851 6d Slate Violet Consort Imperforate on Laid Paper, a used horizontal pair with central and single strike of a target cancel. The pair has rich colour, clear vertical laid lines and four large to huge margins, showing part of the next stamp at lower left. There is a very faint trace of a closed tear in margin at left (very difficult to see, even in fluid), not mentioned in the accompanying 2012 Richard Gratton certificate, still a lovely and very fine appearing pair. Unitrade CV$4,000.

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