Lot 60030 – 1850-51 pelure paper (very thin and transparent, a
Lot 60030 – 1850-51 pelure paper (very thin and transparent, a
British Guiana
Price realised
80’000 EUR
Estimate
3’000 – 4’000 EUR
Auction date
ven. 27 juin 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 B, with initials of postal official Lorimer “WHL”, cut round, tear at right, with central Demerara datestamp OC 17 1851(SG £17’000)
A very rare stamp
Provenance: Small
Expertise: Cert. BPA (2014) Catalogue ref: 8
Catalogue
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