Canadian 3 cent with "RED"

[pdv006]

Happy Friday everyone. I need help with this one. It is an 1873-79 Canadian 3 cent with the word RED on it. I am wondering if it was a type of specimen stamp. As you can see from the different ones in the picture. Thanks in advance.

[stampie78]

May 24, 2019 5:42:31 GMT -5 pdv006 said:

Happy Friday everyone. I need help with this one. It is an 1873-79 Canadian 3 cent with the word RED on it. I am wondering if it was a type of specimen stamp. As you can see from the different ones in the picture. Thanks in advance.

My best guess is this stamp was used on a registered letter and cancelled with a registered cancel. Most likely there were other stamps before the one shown with the rest of the word.

Edit. After I made the above comment, I pulled my stockbook off the shelf and this little item was on the first page. As you can see my above "best guess" was spot on. This pair shows most of the word "registered" covering two stamps.

[khj]

Agreed.

[stampie78]

May 24, 2019 8:56:02 GMT -5 khj said:

Agreed.

See my edited post.

[pdv006]

Thanks for the info