Canada 9

1857 Seven and one-half pence green on medium wove paper, imperforate, an attractive used single with ample to large margins, tied by a partially legible four-ring '37' (Quebec) cancel to small piece, neat Paid London JY 6 59 postmark in red at left; pencil signed by expert Peter Holcombe on reverse. An exceptional example mailed during the last days of the Pence era, arriving in the United Kingdom the week Province of Canada adopted decimal currency, Very Fine; 2011 Greene Foundation cert. (Unitrade 9; catalogue value $5,000) ex. Alfred Caspary (October 1956; Lot 131)