Lot 60004 – 1850-51 8 cents black on blue-green, Townsend Type
Lot 60004 – 1850-51 8 cents black on blue-green, Townsend Type
Lot 60004 – 1850-51 8 cents black on blue-green, Townsend Type
British Guiana
Price realised
70’000 EUR
Estimate
4’000 – 5’000 EUR
Auction date
Fri 27 Jun 2014 at 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1850-51 8 cents black on blue-green, Townsend Type C, initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, thin frame, particularly fresh colour with wide margins all around, very light central datestamp of Demerara December 1851
A very appealing example and rare (SG £11’000)
Provenance: Ferrary (Sale X, Lot 174)
Expertise: Cert. BPA (2014) Catalogue ref: 4
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