For Monday, July 24, 2000

DF6

CANADA O9

The key stamp in the KGVI (King George VI) period for Canada collections is the O.H.M.S. (On His Majestyâs Service) overprint on the fifty cent Lumbering stamp of the ãPeaceä issue. Only 30,000 stamps were overprinted and many were used on government envelopes or packages and thrown away or perhaps saved as used stamps. Finding a lovely mint example of Scott O9 is a bit of a challenge. We offer this fresh well-centered never-hinged stamp with deep colour:

DF6 CDN $200
US $135