Canada 38a Queen Elizabeth II bearing a beautiful example of

bearing a beautiful example of the elusive 6p dark green on bluish wove paper

a superb mint set of imperforate pairs

a lovely fresh and well centered mint block of four with gorgeous colour and full pristine original gum

VF LH (Unitrade 91

1898 Two cent vermilion King Edward VII

Canada 38a Queen Elizabeth II bearing a beautiful example of1879 (April) Clean orange cover mailed to Kandy, Ceylon (British East Indies), likely dispatched from South Zorra as known from this correspondence, franked with manuscript cancelled 5c deep olive pair, Montreal printing, perf 11x12, London Paid MY 12 79 transit in red; on reverse clear Woodstock AP 30, Hamilton AP 30, Colombo Paid JU 12 17 transits along with Kandy Paid JU 13 receiver. Pays the rare, very early 10 cent UPU British Empire rate to a