Lot 30270 – THE « BURRUS » 8 CENTS COVER: 1850-51, 8 cents black on blue-green used on entire letter from Plantation Profit,

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 and preserving its frame, used on entire letter from Plantation Profit, Abary Coast, addressed to Georgetown, tied by a full strike of Demerara datestamp on 29 August 1851; (SG £64’000 for a single on cover).According to our records, only four 8 cents covers are recorded, this with the added importance of being one of just two exhibiting complete margins all round. Provenance: Maurice Burrus (Lot 7, Robson Lowe, November 1963) John E. du Pont (Lot 60002, David Feldman SA, June 2014)« Imperium » (Lot 30026, David Feldman SA, October 2021) Expertise: Cert. BPA (2014)