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Appraisal ID:	121690

Appraised On:	06-09-2006

Title:	6 cent Canadian stamp

Date/Era/Period:	19th century

Description:	6 cent stamp

Condition:	Pen cancelled with date 3/20/1876

Origin:	Inherited

Provenance:	none

Appraised By:	Michael Rice

Appraiser Comments:	You won't find this Canadian stamp in the normal stamp catalogs because it's a revenue stamp, not a postage stamp. It's from the 3rd series of Bill stamps, issued in 1868, and in use for several decades thereafter. These stamps were used on fiscal documents (e.g. bills of exchange, hence the name "bill stamp"), to show prepayment of the government charge for such documents to be transferred. When used, they normally have a pen cancel, such as yours, though sometimes they have a "fiscal cancel" (a rubber stamp including the name of the bank or other agency processing the document). There were similar stamps used in the US. Your stamp is listed in the "Canadian Revenue Stamp Catalogue" as # FB43, and in used condiition, it has a value of 30 cents US.

* Current Fair Market Value:	$0.10

** Replacement Cost:	$0.30

All values are in US currency

This online appraisal is an expert's opinion of the item(s) depicted above based solely on images and information supplied by our customer. Additional information, not shown on this certificate, may have been taken into account for this online Appraisal.

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* Current Fair Market Value is the amount someone might receive when selling their item to a dealer or at auction. It is also the amount most government tax agencies (IRS, Revenue Canada, Inland Revenue, etc.) recognize as the tax deductible amount were the item donated to a charitable organization.

** Replacement Cost is the retail amount one might reasonably pay to purchase the item from a dealer, gallery, store, etc. It is also the amount for which one may want to insure an item.

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