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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1212

British Guiana
The "Coventry" Collection Featuring 1852-76 Ship Stamps

1860-76 Issues
Stamps from the various printings offered in this section are often found poorly centred. The owner has searched for many years to find examples that are well to superbly well-centred The stamps offered below are, in the main, some of the best that one can find, and exceptional for this reason
1860-63 Thick Paper, Perf. 12

1c. rose horizontal pair, fresh colour and with large part original gum; folded between and the right-hand stamp with a couple of tiny thin specks though of very fine appearance and an exceptionally rare multiple of this stamp. R.P.S. Certificate (2019). S.G. 29, £7,000+. Photo

provenance:
Alfred Caspary, March 1957

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Sold for
£3,000