We are indebted to Ron Brigham of Brigham Auctions Ltd. for allowing us to reproduce here a colour reproduction of his copy of Canada's rarest stamp.

This is the 2-cent large Queen on laid paper issued in 1868

There are only two known copies of this stamp in existence.
This is the finer of the two.

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