Canada 77d Small Queen Two panes show slight gum

Two panes show slight gum disturbance confined to the selvedge

1872 cover endorsed “James Rossey Steward / HMS Lapwing” and countersigned “Ed Wickham” to Hampshire with Great Britain One penny red Plate 138 tied by neat grid ‘466’ of Liverpool in transit

lightly hinged in selvedge only

forwarded to Victoria with manuscript docketing “recd 23 Aug / 59” on reverse

tied by a partially legible four-ring '37' (Quebec) cancel to small piece

Canada 77d Small Queen Two panes show slight gum1899 Two cent carmine on vertical wove paper, Die II, imperforate pair of this scarcer die, ungummed as issued, Very Fine (Unitrade 77d; catalogue value $1,500)