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Canadian Countermark

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Canada Start Price:50.00 CAD Estimated At:100.00 - 125.00 CAD
Canadian Countermark


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Canadian Countermark

WM H SPENCER (curved) / BELLEV-L / ONT 1886 / SEPT 9 / AG(E) 21 counterpunched on rev. of Canada Victoria cent (M.I. 852, Brunk S-764).

A William H. Spencer, age 6, is among the list of passengers aboard vessels arriving at the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1882. In Rawdon, Ontario, 1900, another Wm. H. Spencer attended the wedding of his daughter, Louisa Spencer, a music teacher from Woodbridge, Ontario, to Arthur White, a merchant of Campbellford, Ontario. Upon checking the village of Woodbridge in the Ontario gazetteer and directory for 1901/02, W.H. Spencer is discovered residing there as a shoemaker. Belleville, Rawdon and Campbellford are located in Hastings County; Woodbridge is found in the County of York. (Marked Impressions).

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