Lot 60085 – 1856 Provisional 4 cents black on dark blue colour
Lot 60085 – 1856 Provisional 4 cents black on dark blue colour
British Guiana
Price realised
80’000 EUR
Estimate
40’000 – 50’000 EUR
Auction date
ven. 27 juin 2014 at 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1856 Provisional 4 cents black on dark blue coloured fully through, Type 3, the famous sugar paper, initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut octagonal, Demerara datestamp AU 17(?) 1856, deep colour (SG £130’000)
A world classic rarity with only ten examples known in total (one of which is in the Royal collection)
Expertise: Cert. BPA (2014) Catalogue ref: 26
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