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Auction: 14019 - The "Foxley" Collections of British Guiana and British Honduras
Lot: 1406

British Guiana
1914 Stamp Design Competition
In 1913 the new definitive issue was put on sale. Reaction in the Colony was not favourable. In 1914 the British Guiana Philatelic Society arranged an "Ideal B.G. Stamp Competition" for which twelve designs were submitted. These were adjudged in England in 1915 and the designs were offered to the Government in August 1917
The following five lots are all ex the private portfolio of L.V. Phillips
A pen, ink and Chinese white drawing (117x139mm.) on wove paper (150x190mm.) showing King's head enclosed in ornate crown above centrally located ship surrounded by the colony's motto and the Union flag, marked "Allegro con spirits" and "2nd" on reverse. Photo

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Estimate
£800 to £1,000