Lot 91
3 d. red in horizontal strip of 6, the top stamp with scissor cut at top, otherwise well perforated and nice colour, tied by several strikes of numeral "21" with adjacent "MONTREAL MR 16 1859" to triple-rate envelope to New York with transit mark of Rouse's Point; the cover small repair in the lower left corner, some minor creasing pressed; a spectacular multiple franking with the largest existing multiple of this stamp Provenance: Sam Nickle (1993) Warren Wilkinson (2007) Joseph Hackmey (2011) Illustrated in Arfken, Leggett, Firby &Â Steinhart and in 'Gems of Canadian Philately'
