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Canadian Countermark

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Canada Start Price:150.00 CAD Estimated At:300.00 - 350.00 CAD
Canadian Countermark


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Canadian Countermark - SHERBROOKE (curved) / FILE / WORKS on obv., H. LEUREUX, and I.H.C. & Co. (twice) on rev. of Great Britain ½ penny, (1806/07) (M.I. 832).

The Sherbrooke File Works, under the management of J.M. Chapman & Co., was located on Bank St. according to the Eastern Townships directory for 1882 ... published by Normandeau & Co., Montreal, 1881. H. Leureux is not listed in any of the Sherbrooke directories checked, but a Pierre L’heureux, a joiner, was located in Lovell’s Canadian Dominion directory for 1871, published by John Lovell, as well as the above noted Eastern Townships directory. However, the Federal Census of 1881 records Henry L’Heureux of Sherbrooke, a carpenter, son of Pierre, born in 1857. Several other L’Heureux are listed in Canada’s manufacturers, business and professional record and gazetteer ..., published by the Trade Publishing Co., Toronto, 1908, however no H. L’Heureux. (Marked Impressions).

Note: this lot is part of The Richard Cooper Collection.