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Bidboard #
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1953
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Lot #
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200
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Catalogue Value or Estimate:
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$150.00
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Current Bid:
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$26
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Canada Covers
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First Day Cover. Canada #254 upper right Plate Block #1 on Victoria BC "Hotel Strathcona" registered cover, sent locally and postmarked April 10th 1943. Unitrade lists "There was no official first day in Ottawa" and "First issued at the Calgary post office at 10:30 am on April 9th, 1943". While at first glance this might seem like a "2nd Day" cover, on the back is the notation "First plate block sold in Victoria, 10:40am, April 10 '43, they just came down from stock", making this the first available use in Victoria, 24hrs and 10 minutes after the first release in Calgary. Received from the family of the original creator of the cover, never being offered before on the philatelic market. A piece of western "wartime" philatelic history. Estimate =
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