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Lot 30000 | 1810-47 Collection of postal history neatly mounted and written up on six album pages
British Guiana » Postal History
1810-47 Collection of postal history neatly mounted and written up on six album pages, from “BERBICE” 1810, large horseshoe of Demerara (2, one with date…
Estimate: 1’200 – 1’600 GBP
Lot 30001 | 1818-60 Accumulation of postal history neatly mounted
British Guiana » Postal History
1818-60 Accumulation of postal history neatly mounted and written up on thirteen album pages, including covers carried outside the mails, Missionary letters…
Estimate: 600 – 900 GBP
Lot 30002 | 1821 Folded letter sheet from Demerara to London, bearing a fine strike of the “DEMERARA/NO.22.1821” fleuron
British Guiana » Postal History
1821 Folded letter sheet from Demerara to London, bearing a fine strike of the “DEMERARA/NO.22.1821” fleuron, with red London arrival alongside; a scarce…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 30003 | 1837 Folded disinfected entire from Demerara via London to France
British Guiana » Postal History
1837 Folded disinfected entire from Demerara via London to France, dated 27th April 1837, bearing a fine strike of the undated “DEMERARA” small fleuron,…
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 30004 | 1850 Folded entire to France showing markings of all three Guianas
British Guiana » Postal History
1850 Folded entire to France showing markings of all three Guianas: “GUYANE FRANCAISE” from Cayenne in French Guiana, transit of “PARAMARIBO” in Dutch…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 30005 | 1869 Incoming stampless envelope from Edinburgh to Georgetown
British Guiana » Postal History
1869 Incoming stampless envelope from Edinburgh to Georgetown, redirected to Montreal, Canada, showing rare black boxed “ADV. NOT CALLED FOR” and “ADV”,…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30006 | 1879 Envelope sent from Georgetown franked Peace & Commerce 35c pair tied by octagonal “DEMERARI/5.DEC.79/PAQ.C No.1” ds
British Guiana » Postal History
1879 Envelope sent from Georgetown via French packet “Venezuela” to Bordeaux, France, franked Peace & Commerce (type Sage) 35c pair, paying the double…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 30007 | 1858 Proof sheet provided by Perkins Bacon with oval numerals
British Guiana » British Post Offices
1858 Perkins Bacon archive cancellation proof sheet with oval numerals A01 to A15 including Demerara “A03” and Berbice “A04”, as well as numerals for other…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 30008 | 1847-54 GB embossed 6d lilac paying the uniform British Packet rate of sixpence, used on cover from Berbice
British Guiana
THE EARLIEST KNOWN GREAT BRITAIN USE FROM SOUTH AMERICA1847-54, G.B. embossed 6d lilac, clear to enormous margins originating from the left of the sheet,…
Estimate: 8’000 – 12’000 GBP
Lot 30009 | 1858 Envelope from Demerara to Campbelton, Scotland, with single 6d lilac
British Guiana » British Post Offices
1858 Envelope from Demerara to Campbelton, Scotland, franked by 6d lilac wing margin example paying the single rate, neatly tied by clear “A03” numeral…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30010 | 1859 Cover from Demerara (letter inside encloses bill for £100)
British Guiana » British Post Offices
1859 Cover from Demerara (letter inside encloses bill for £100) to Stratford by Royal Mail Steamer, endorsed “Per Mail/Feby 9/59”, with two 1d red and…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 30011 | 1859 Cover from Demerara to Baltimore USA with a pair of 4d rose
British Guiana » British Post Offices
1859 Cover from Demerara to Baltimore (United States), bearing a pair of 4d rose tied by “A03” numeral oval of Demerara, with corresponding 9 January 1859…
Estimate: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 30012 | 1859 Envelope from Demerara to France with single 4d rose and wing margin pair of 6d lilac
British Guiana » British Post Offices
1859 Envelope from Demerara to Dieppe (France), bearing single 4d rose and wing margin pair of 6d lilac, paying to destination the single British and French…
Estimate: 600 – 900 GBP
Lot 30013 | 1858-59 three covers including two 1856 6d lilac single frankings and one half a cover with two 6d
British Guiana » British Post Offices
1858-59 Group including 1859 half a cover to London with two 1856 6d lilac paying double British Packet rate and tied by clear “A04” numeral ovals of Berbice,…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 30014 | 1859 Cover from Demerara to London with wing margin pair of 1s green
British Guiana » British Post Offices
1859 Cover from Demerara to London, bearing wing-margin pair of 1s green cancelled by “A03” numeral oval of Demerara, matching despatch cds for 25 November…
Estimate: 600 – 900 GBP
Lot 30015 | 1860 Cover from Demerara to Sunderland with strip of six 1d red and single 6d lilac
British Guiana » British Post Offices
1860 Cover from Demerara to Sunderland, franked by strip of six 1d red and single 6d lilac paying double the uniform British Packet rate of sixpence, tied…
Estimate: 700 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 30016 | 1858-60 Range of GB stamps and covers used in British Guiana cancelled by “A03” numeral ovals of Demerara
British Guiana » British Post Offices
1858-60 Range of Great Britain stamps and covers used in British Guiana cancelled by “A03” numeral ovals of Demerara, with 1d red pair, 4d rose single,…
Estimate: 700 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 30017 | 1850-51 2 cents black on pale rose, Townsend Type A, used
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
THE TWO CENTS: ONE OF TWO EXISTING SINGLE EXAMPLES IN PRIVATE HANDS1850-51, 2 cents black on pale rose, Townsend Type A, with initials of postal official…
Estimate: 100’000 – 150’000 GBP
Lot 30018 | 1850-51 2 cents black on pale rose, Townsend Type A, pair on cover
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
THE FAMOUS “MISS ROSE” COVERONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED COVERS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE1850-51 2 cents black on pale rose, vertical pair, both being Townsend…
Estimate: 250’000 – 400’000 GBP
Lot 30019 | 1850-51 4 cents black on orange, Townsend Type B, with initials of postal official Lorimer “WHL”, used
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
THE FINEST 4 CENTS EXAMPLE KNOWN1850-51, 4 cents black on orange, Townsend Type B, with initials of postal official Lorimer “WHL”, deep fresh colour, cut…
Estimate: 8’000 – 12’000 GBP
Lot 30020 | 1850-51 4 cents black on orange, with initials of postal official Lorimer “WHL”, used on cover
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
ONE OF FIVE COVERS RECORDED BEARING THE 4 CENTS BLACK ON ORANGE AS SINGLE FRANKING1850-51, 4 cents black on orange, with initials of postal official Lorimer…
Estimate: 20’000 – 30’000 GBP
Lot 30021 | THE UNIQUE UNUSED EXAMPLE: 1850-51 8 cents black on blue-green
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
THE UNIQUE UNUSED “COTTON REEL” 8 CENTSTHE RAREST UNUSED STAMP OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE1850-51, 8 cents black on blue-green, Townsend Type C, faint initials…
Estimate: 100’000 – 150’000 GBP
Lot 30022 | 1850-51 8 cents black on blue-green, Townsend Type C, initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, thin frame
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
THE BEST MARGINED 8 CENTS CUT ROUND EXAMPLE1850-51, 8 cents black on blue-green, Townsend Type C, initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, thin frame, particularly…
Estimate: 8’000 – 12’000 GBP
Lot 30023 | 1850-51 8 cents black on blue-green, Townsend Type D, faint initials “EDW”, thick frame
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
1850-51, 8 cents black on blue-green, Townsend Type D, faint initials “EDW”, thick frame, cut hexagonally with very large margins all around, cancelled…
Estimate: 6’000 – 8’000 GBP
Lot 30024 | 1850-51 8 cents black on blue-green, Townsend Type C, faint initials “JBS”, thin frame
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
1850-51, 8 cents black on blue-green, Townsend Type C, exhibiting the rare initials “JBS” of J. B. Smith (Clerk to Imperial Branch), thin frame, cut round…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 30025 | 1850-51 8 cents black on blue-green, Townsend Type D, initials of postal official Lorimer “WHL”, thick frame
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
THE EARLIEST OF ONLY FOUR 8 CENTS COVERS RECORDED1850-51, 8 cents black on blue-green, Townsend Type D, initials of postal official Lorimer “WHL”, thick…
Estimate: 20’000 – 30’000 GBP
Lot 30026 | 1850-51 8 cents black on blue-green, Townsend Type B, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, on cover
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
THE “BURRUS” 8 CENTS COVER1850-51, 8 cents black on blue-green, Townsend Type B, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, deep fresh colour, cut octagonally…
Estimate: 25’000 – 40’000 GBP
Lot 30027 | 1850-51 8 cents black on blue-green, cut round and used on cover
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
1850-51, 8 cents black on blue-green, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, fresh colour, cut round with most of the frame being visible, touched…
Estimate: 12’000 – 20’000 GBP
Lot 30028 | 1850-51 12 cents black on blue, Townsend Type A, thick frame, uncancelled
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
ONE OF THREE UNUSED 12 CENTS RECORDED1850-51, 12 cents black on blue, Townsend Type A, thick frame, without initials, cut round with the circular borders…
Estimate: 40’000 – 60’000 GBP
Lot 30029 | 1850-51 12 cents black on blue, Townsend Type C & B, the finest “Cotton Reel” multiple
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
THE FINEST TWELVE CENT “COTTON REEL” MULTIPLE1850-51, 12 cents black on blue, Townsend Types C & B, horizontal pair showing both thin and thick frames…
Estimate: 30’000 – 50’000 GBP
Lot 30030 | 1850-51 12 cents black on blue, Townsend Type A, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut square
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
1850-51, 12 cents black on blue, Townsend Type A, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut square with margins ranging from clear to large, cancelled…
Estimate: 5’000 – 8’000 GBP
Lot 30031 | 1850-51 12 cents black on blue, on thick paper, Townsend Type B, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut square
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
1850-51, 12 cents black on blue, on thick paper, Townsend Type B, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut square with good to very large margins…
Estimate: 7’000 – 10’000 GBP
Lot 30032 | 1850-51, 12 cents black on blue, Townsend Type B, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
1850-51, 12 cents black on blue, Townsend Type B, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut square with spectacularly large margins at left and right,…
Estimate: 7’000 – 10’000 GBP
Lot 30033 | 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)
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…
Estimate: 4’000 – 7’000 GBP
Lot 30034 | 1850-51 12 cents black on blue, Townsend Type A, with initials of postal official Wight “EDW”, cut square
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
1850-51, 12 cents black on blue, Townsend Type A, with initials of postal official Wight “EDW”, cut square with clear to wide margins on two sides, deep…
Estimate: 3’000 – 4’000 GBP
Lot 30035 | 1850-51 12 cents black on blue, Townsend Type A, with initials of postal official Wight “EDW”, cut round
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
1850-51, 12 cents black on blue, Townsend Type A, with initials of postal official Wight “EDW”, cut round in a nonagon with close to good margins clear…
Estimate: 4’000 – 6’000 GBP
Lot 30036 | 1850-51 12 cents black on blue, with initials of postal official Wight “EDW”, cut round
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
1850-51, 12 cents black on blue, with initials of postal official Wight “EDW”, cut round with outstandingly good even margins well clear of the circular…
Estimate: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 30037 | 1850-51 12 cents black on blue, Townsend Type B, “EDW”, cut round
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
1850-51, 12 cents black on blue, Townsend Type B, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut round with clear to good to margins, cancelled by central…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 30038 | 1850-51 12 cents black on blue, Townsend Type B, without initials, the earliest usage recorded in British Guiana
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
THE EARLIEST USAGE RECORDED OF A BRITISH COLONY POSTAGE STAMP IN AMERICA1850-51, 12 cents black on blue, Townsend Type B, without initials, cut round mainly…
Estimate: 7’500 – 10’000 GBP
Lot 30039 | 1850-51 12 cents black on blue, Townsend forgery no. 9
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
1850-51, 12 cents black on blue, a dangerous forgery Townsend no. 9, with forged “EDW” initials and Demerara (22 August 1851) datestamp.Note: It is interesting…
Estimate: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 30040 | 1850-51 12c Black on indigo with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut square
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
THE “BILL GROSS” 12 CENTS INDIGO EXAMPLE1850-51, 12 cents black on indigo, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut square with three clear to large…
Estimate: 12’000 – 16’000 GBP
Lot 30041 | 1850-51 12 cents black on indigo, so-called sugar paper
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
THE “AMUNDSEN” 12 CENTS INDIGO EXAMPLE1850-51, 12 cents black on indigo, so-called sugar paper shade, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut square…
Estimate: 8’000 – 10’000 GBP
Lot 30042 | 1850-51 12 cents black on pale blue, Townsend Type D, “EDW”, cut square
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
THE “DALE-LICHTENSTEIN” 12 CENTS PALE BLUE1850-51, 12 cents black on pale blue, Townsend Type D, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut square…
Estimate: 12’000 – 16’000 GBP
Lot 30043 | 1850-51 12 cents black on pale blue, Townsend Type B, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut octagonally, used
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
1850-51, 12 cents black on pale blue, Townsend Type B, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut octagonally with almost clear to large margins all…
Estimate: 3’000 – 4’000 GBP
Lot 30044 | 1850-51 12 cents black on pale blue, “EDW”, cut square, used
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
1850-51, 12 cents black on pale blue, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut square with just touched to close margins, hinged to original small…
Estimate: 7’000 – 10’000 GBP
Lot 30045 | 1850-51 12 cents black on pale blue, Townsend Type D, “EDW”, used on cover
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
THE “SIR JOHN WILSON” 12 CENTS PALE BLUE COVER1850-51, 12 cents black on pale blue, Townsend Type D, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut square…
Estimate: 20’000 – 30’000 GBP
Lot 30046 | 1850-51 12 cents black on pale blue, Townsend Type D, “EDW”, on cover
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
THE “FREDERICK T. SMALL” 12 CENTS PALE BLUE COVER 1850-51, 12 cents black on pale blue, Townsend Type D, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut…
Estimate: 20’000 – 30’000 GBP
Lot 30047 | 1850-51 12 cents black on pale blue, Townsend Type C, “2” of “12” with straight foot, used
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
THE FINEST CUT-SQUARE EXAMPLE KNOWN OF THE NUMERAL ERROR1850-51, 12 cents black on pale blue, Townsend Type C, “2” of “12” with straight foot, with initials…
Estimate: 25’000 – 40’000 GBP
Lot 30048 | 1850-51 12 cents black on pale blue, Townsend Type C, “2” of “12” with straight foot
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
THE “FERRARY” NUMERAL ERROR1850-51, 12 cents black on pale blue, Townsend Type C, “2” of “12” with straight foot, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”,…
Estimate: 5’000 – 7’000 GBP
Lot 30049 | THE UNIQUE “BURRUS – TWO CENTS” ERROR ON COVER
British Guiana » 1850 Cotton-Reels (SG 1-8)
THE UNIQUE AND MOST VALUABLE “BURRUS – TWO CENTS” ERROR ON COVER1850, 12 cents black on pale blue, Townsend Type A, showing the famous setting error “1”…
Estimate: 400’000 – 600’000 GBP