Lot 399 Canada (C) SC#36b, 41 2c - 3c Green - Orange Vermillion , 1870-1897 Small Queen Issues, A F/VF used Cover, Renie's Seeds Cover Franked With Bisect of 2c & Pair+Single Of 3c, All 2nd Ottawa Printing, Overpaying 10c Double Weight Rate By 1c.

A F/VF used cover of the 2c - 3c green - orange vermillion from the 1870-1897 Small Queen Issues, Rennie's seeds cover franked with bisect of 2c & pair+single of 3c, all 2nd Ottawa printing, overpaying 10c double weight rate by 1c.

7 ring target cancels. William Rennie was an avid Philatelist, and in the 1920s he had fallen on hard times due to the Wall st. crash, so he sold off his accumulation of order envelopes to stamp dealers, but before doing so he generally cut off the address info, so the bast majority of bisect covers to him exist only as fronts or small pieces today. This example is acutally F-VF for this as there are just a few small edge tears and very small stains. Estimation is based on online research.

Unitrade doesn't list this variety, so we estimate it at $300. The cover offered here grades between 70 and 75 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 30/60, 35/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 10/10