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Lot 30040 – 1850-51 12c Black on indigo with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut square

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Lot 30040 – 1850-51 12c Black on indigo with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut square
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)
Price realised
13’000 GBP
Estimate
12’000 – 16’000 GBP
Auction date
Thu 14 Oct 2021 at 15:00 (Europe/Zurich)

THE “BILL GROSS” 12 CENTS INDIGO EXAMPLE

1850-51, 12 cents black on indigo, with initials of postal clerk Wight “EDW”, cut square with three clear to large margins, just cut very slightly into at top and still displaying the circular frame closed, lightly cancelled by Berbice datestamp, minor faults and small thin, but of very good appearance for this stamp (SG £45’000).

According to Townsend, only eleven examples of the rare indigo shade are recorded (the majority being used at Berbice), a rarity of the British Empire.

Provenance:

William H. Gross

Expertise: Signed Pfenninger, Cert. BPA (1995)

: SG 6
Auction
British Guiana
Catalogue
The “Imperium” Collection

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