Lot 60025 – 1850-51 12 cents black on pale blue, Townsend Type

Stamp of British Guiana 1850-51 12 cents black on pale blue, Townsend Type

Lot 60025 – 1850-51 12 cents black on pale blue, Townsend Type

British Guiana
Price realised
60’000 EUR
Estimate
5’000 – 7’000 EUR
Auction date
Fri 27 Jun 2014 at 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1850-51 12 cents black on pale blue, Townsend Type D, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut square, used on cover (Duff correspondence, full letter inside) to Demerara and just tied by Berbice datestamp JU 23 1851, arrival cds of Demerara for the following day on flap, stamp crossed by archive fold Extremely rare on a full cover Provenance: Ackerman and Small Expertise: Cert. BPA (2014)
Catalogue ref: 7

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