Lot 70865 – 1850-51, 12 cents black on blue, Townsend Type B, with initials of postal clerk Lorimer “WHL”
Lot 70865 – 1850-51, 12 cents black on blue, Townsend Type B, with initials of postal clerk Lorimer “WHL”
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
Price realised
7’500 GBP
Estimate
3’000 – 5’000 GBP
Auction date
Fri 9 Dec 2022 at 10:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1850-51, 12 cents black on blue, Townsend Type B, with initials of postal clerk Lorimer “WHL”, cut square with close to good margins on three sides, showing central Demerara datestamp of 22 October 1850, central thin spot, very rare; (SG £35’000).
Provenance:
John E. du Pont (Lot 60016, David Feldman SA, June 2014)
Expertise: Cert. BPA (2014)
Catalogue ref: SG 5
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