Lot 60019 – 1850-51 12 cents black on indigo, with initials of
Lot 60019 – 1850-51 12 cents black on indigo, with initials of
Lot 60019 – 1850-51 12 cents black on indigo, with initials of
British Guiana
Price realised
38’000 EUR
Estimate
1’500 – 2’000 EUR
Auction date
Fri 27 Jun 2014 at 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1850-51 12 cents black on indigo, with initials of postal official Wight “EDW”, cut round, full Demerara datestamp JA 14 1851, small part of original cover still adheres to reverse, crossed by archive fold (SG £8’500)
The rarest shade of the 12 cents
Expertise: Signed Bloch, cert. BPA (2014) classifies it as SG 5 Catalogue ref: 6
Catalogue
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