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Auction: 14019 - The "Foxley" Collections of British Guiana and British Honduras
Lot: 1433

British Guiana
1934-51 Pictorial Issue
Issued Stamps
4c. slate-violet, a vertical pair variety imperforate horizontally, a little gum toned otherwise fine unmounted mint. Extremely rare. P.F. Certificate (1979). S.G. 291b, £17,000. Photo

Note: A sheet of 60 comprising 30 error pairs was issued and reports vary as to how these were disposed of by the Post Office. Either 26 or 30 were cut into singles and sold in the normal course of business, 8 or 12 were purchased by a local clergyman who separated and used the stamps, while the remaining 9-13 pairs were bought by someone who realised what they had and saved them for philately.

provenance:
Michael Rubin, June 2001

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Sold for
£12,000