Lot 60089 – 1856 Provisional 4 cents black on blue surface gla

1856 Provisional 4 cents black on blue surface glazed, initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut octagonally, used on cover to Sophia’s Hope Estate in Mahaicony, very lightly cancelled by village datestamp of Williamstown A 3 C OC 30 1856 (matching strike on reverse), Demerara transit OC 31 over flap, from the Barlow correspondence An extremely important item of the issue, being the only known full cover with this stamp. Without doubt a Great exhibition and world rarity, one of the major items of this collection Provenance: Townsend Expertise: Pemberton guarantee, cert. BPA (2014)