Lot 60007 – 1850-51 8 cents black on blue-green, Townsend Type

1850-51 8 cents black on blue-green, Townsend Type B, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, deep fresh colour, cut octagonally and used on cover from Plantation Profit, Abary (full letter enclosed) to Georgetown, tied by a full strike of Demerara datestamp AU 29 1851. Very rare on full cover Provenance: Burrus Expertise: Cert BPA (2014)