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Auction: 14019 - The "Foxley" Collections of British Guiana and British Honduras
Lot: 1179

British Guiana
1862 Type-set Issue
One Cent Rose
A vertical strip of four, [5/11/19/23], from the sheet of twenty-four showing all three types of border, all unsigned, [5] showing "1" for "i" in "british" and [23] showing wrong ornament at top and "c" for "o" in "postage", unused with large part original gum, some creases, small thins and other minor faults. A magnificent exhibition item and a major rarity. S.G. 116a, 116c, 117a, 118a, 118c. Photo

provenance:
R.B. Yardley, September 1944

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Estimate
£2,500 to £3,000