Lot 40017 – 1850 Cottonreel 8 cents black on blue-green, type
Lot 40017 – 1850 Cottonreel 8 cents black on blue-green, type
British Guiana
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Price realised
7’500 EUR
Estimate
5’000 – 7’000 EUR
Auction date
Wed 8 Jun 2016 at 20:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1850 Cottonreel 8 cents black on blue-green, type B, security initials “EDW” of postal clerk Wight, cut square with frame cut into on all sides to varying degrees, doubly struck cds of November 1851, very fine (SG £70’000 for cut square)
Expertise: Signed J. B. Moens, F. de Coppet and Herbert Bloch, cert. Sismondo
Provenance: F. de Coppet
Estimate: € 5’000 – € 7’000 Catalogue ref: 4
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