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Lot 30107 – 1858 Waterlow lithographed 4 cents pale blue, second stone, on cover

1858 Waterlow lithographed 4 cents pale blue, second stone, on cover
1858 Waterlow lithographed 4 cents pale blue, second stone, on cover
1858 Waterlow lithographed 4 cents pale blue, second stone, on cover
1858 Waterlow lithographed 4 cents pale blue, second stone, on cover
Lot 30107 – 1858 Waterlow lithographed 4 cents pale blue, second stone, on cover
British Guiana » 1853 Waterlow Lithographs (SG 11-21)
Price realised
850 GBP
Estimate
750 – 1’000 GBP
Auction date
Thu 14 Oct 2021 at 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

1858 Waterlow lithographed 4 cents pale blue, second stone, rounded corner at top left, otherwise clear to large margins, twice tied to envelope to Mahaicony by William’s Town coded “A 3 C” and Demerara cds’s, both repeated on reverse with neat strikes.

Of the only five 4 cents pale blue covers known according to our records, this is the only known example exhibiting the use on the stamp of both the coded and Demerara cds’s in conjunction.

Provenance:

Henry C. Gibson (1944)

John E. du Pont (2014)

Catalogue ref: SG 20

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