Lot 60028 – 1850-51 12 cents black on pale blue, Townsend Type
Lot 60028 – 1850-51 12 cents black on pale blue, Townsend Type
British Guiana
Price realised
70’000 EUR
Estimate
2’000 – 3’000 EUR
Auction date
Fri 27 Jun 2014 at 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1850-51 12 cents black on pale blue, Townsend Type C, “2” of “12” with straight foot, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut round, pinhole, with March 1851 Demerara datestamp, the variety showing clearly (SG £20’000)
Extremely rare with only a handful known
Provenance: Ferrary (Sale III, Lot 288)
Expertise: Cert. BPA (2014) Catalogue ref: 7a
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