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A VERY FINE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE RAREST CANADA PENCE ISSUE AND ONE OF THE WORLD'S RAREST CLASSIC IMPERFORATE STAMPS

This 1851 12p is accompanied by two certificates issued by The Philatelic Foundation. The first opinion, given in 1953, describes the stamp as genuine. The second, given in 1985, states "genuine with an ironed out horizontal crease." We could find no evidence of a crease and, to confirm this observation, we soaked the stamp in warm water, which will always return a pressed crease to its original state. After soaking, the stamp still shows no evidence whatsoever of a crease. In watermark fluid there is a faint horizontal seam line, which is a well-established part of the laid lines of any 1851 issue on this type of paper. Therefore, the 1985 Foundation opinion apparently has mistaken the natural seam of the laid paper lines to be an ironed crease. We hope our analysis and explanation will set the record straight.

Stanley Gibbons cat. £60,000

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