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Auction: 25013 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of British Empire Part XXI
Lot: 1017

(x) British Guiana
1850-51 12c. black on blue 'Cottonreel', Townsend Type A, with initials of postal official 'EDW', cut-square with clear to large margins at left and foot and just touching frameline at top and right, cancelled by light 'berbice' datestamp (1.8.51); surface thins and a vertical crease as often found on these delicate early issues, very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2014). S.G. 5, £35,000

provenance:
John E. du Pont, June 2014
"Imperium", October 2021


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Estimate
£3,000 to £5,000

Starting price
£2400