Lot 60031 – 1850-51 pelure paper (very thin and transparent, a

Stamp of British Guiana 1850-51 pelure paper (very thin and transparent, a

Lot 60031 – 1850-51 pelure paper (very thin and transparent, a

British Guiana
Price realised
160’000 EUR
Estimate
120’000 – 160’000 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”, sheet corner margins, used on cover from Plantation Woodlands (list of cattle enclosed) to Georgetown, with central Demerara datestamp MY 09 1851 An exceptional stamp and probably the largest margined “Cotton-Reel” in existence. On cover it is clearly one of the major items of the issue Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein, Burrus Expertise: Signed Bloch, cert. BPA (2014)
Catalogue ref: 8

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