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Auction: 14019 - The "Foxley" Collections of British Guiana and British Honduras
Lot: 1408

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 and ink sketch submitted by H.N. Richmond of Valparaiso showing King's head enclosed in Crowned circle with "postage & revenue" underneath and denomination below and latin motto with ship below, on wove paper (150x212mm.) marked "No 1 16 Times Full Size" and "Drawn by Ñuñoa"; some folds and pinholes well clear of design. Photo

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Sold for
£500