Lot 60005 – 1850-51 8 cents black on blue-green, Townsend Type
Lot 60005 – 1850-51 8 cents black on blue-green, Townsend Type
Lot 60005 – 1850-51 8 cents black on blue-green, Townsend Type
British Guiana
Price realised
80’000 EUR
Estimate
3’000 – 4’000 EUR
Auction date
Fri 27 Jun 2014 at 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1850-51 8 cents black on blue-green, Townsend Type D, faint initials “EDW”, thick frame, cut hexagonally with wide margins all around, two strikes of Demerara datestamp NO 26 1850, very rare and very desirable in this quality (SG £11,000)
Provenance: Townsend & Small
Expertise: Cert. BPA (2014) Catalogue ref: 4
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