Lot 60079 – 1856 Provisional 4 cents black on magenta, Type 4,

Stamp of British Guiana 1856 Provisional 4 cents black on magenta, Type 4,

Lot 60079 – 1856 Provisional 4 cents black on magenta, Type 4,

British Guiana
Price realised
95’000 EUR
Estimate
10’000 – 15’000 EUR
Auction date
ven. 27 juin 2014 at 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1856 Provisional 4 cents black on magenta, Type 4, initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut octagonally, used on cover to Sophia’s Hope Estate in Mahaicony, cancelled by village datestamp of Williamstown A 3 C 30 JL 1856 (matching strike on reverse), Demerara transit AU 1 over flap, from the Barlow correspondence A very rare cover Expertise: Cert. BPA (2014)
Catalogue ref: 24

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