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Auction: 11026 - The Chartwell Collection - British Empire
Lot: 8

Bermuda The Postmasters´ Stamps J.H. Thies´ Issue at St. Georges 1860-63 (1d.) Carmine-Red Crowned Circle on White or Buff Paper 1860 J.H. Thies Issue at St. Georges, (1d.) Carmine-Red Crowned Circle "paid/at/st. georges bermuda" struck on white paper, cut or roughly torn square and showing traces of adjacent strikes at left and at right, cancelled with a single pen stroke and affixed on 1860 (4 July) entire (side flaps removed) to "Jas. Tatem Esq. Hamilton" and showing a light strike of the "st georges bermuda/paid" c.d.s. (P3I) alongside the stamp; the entire with some light soiling at foot, nevertheless exceptionally rare, being one of only five examples of this provisional recorded. S.G. O7, £75,000 Estimate £ 50,000-60,000 Note: Only five examples of the Thies Provisionals are recorded, this and one other being the only examples known on cover provenance: 1860: Received by James Tatem 1929: Found in letters among some old documents by a relative of James Tatem 1931: Bought by Major T. Charlton Henry 1960: Sir Henry Tucker bought the T. Charlton Henry collection of Bermuda 1978 (Oct.): Sir Henry Tucker, Part 1, Lot 62, £25,000

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£55,000