Lot 60029 – 1850-51 pelure paper (very thin and transparent, a
Lot 60029 – 1850-51 pelure paper (very thin and transparent, a
Lot 60029 – 1850-51 pelure paper (very thin and transparent, a
British Guiana
Price realised
90’000 EUR
Estimate
30’000 – 40’000 EUR
Auction date
Fri 27 Jun 2014 at 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1850-51 pelure paper (very thin and transparent, almost onionskin) 4 cents black on pale yellow, Townsend Type A, with initials of postal official Lorimer “WHL”, cut square, usual air-holes at foot, with part of extremely light Berbice datestamp (SG £100’000)
Exceptionally rare as a cut square, (the Burrus collection had a very similar stamp, also cancelled at Berbice)
Expertise: Signed Alberto Diena, cert. BPA (2014) Catalogue ref: 8
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