Lot 60065 – 1853-55 Waterlow lithographed 4 cents blue, the re

Stamp of British Guiana 1853-55 Waterlow lithographed 4 cents blue, the re

Lot 60065 – 1853-55 Waterlow lithographed 4 cents blue, the re

British Guiana
Price realised
24’000 EUR
Estimate
4’000 – 5’000 EUR
Auction date
Fri 27 Jun 2014 at 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1853-55 Waterlow lithographed 4 cents blue, the remarkable horizontal strip of four, being type 2 retouched (clear line of colour over FOUR CENTS) together with types 3+4+5, mint with original gum, very fresh colour and margins all around, faint creasing not apparent from face (SG £12’000 as singles) An exceptional piece of this issue (see Townsend & Howe page 37, where this strip is noted as the only one known, with no blocks recorded) Provenance: Ferrary Expertise: cert. BPA (2014)
Catalogue ref: 19a

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