FREE: 1897 Newfoundland Cabot Issue Cape Bonavista Scott #63 used VF

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Up for auction or GIN is a very fine used 1897 Newfoundland (province of Canada) stamp, Cape Bonavista, Scott #63, with a nice blue color showing the landfall of the explorer John Cabot. This stamp is one of a series of the 1897 "Cabot Series" Newfoundland stamps that are all well worth collecting for their beauty and value. From a smoke free home. Thank you for bidding!

From Wikipedia:
John Cabot (Italian: Giovanni Caboto; c. 1450 – c. 1500) was an Italian[3] navigator and explorer. His 1497 discovery of the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is the earliest known European exploration of coastal North America since the Norse visits to Vinland in the eleventh century. To mark the celebration of the 500th anniversary of Cabot's expedition, both the Canadian and British governments elected Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland, as representing Cabot's first landing site.

Sebastian Cabot, one of John's sons, also became an explorer, later making at least one voyage to North America. In 1508 he was searching for the Northwest Passage. Nearly two decades later, he sailed to South America for Spain to repeat Ferdinand Magellan's voyage around the world.