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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1304

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

1860-76 Issues, Covers
To Barbados
1874 (7 Aug.) envelope from Georgetown, bearing perf. 12½-13 12c. brownish purple tied by "A03" duplex with "pa4id" accountancy handstamp (Type A7) in red and showing arrival datestamp (10.8) alongside. Fine and very rare with exceptionally few examples of the accountancy datestamp recorded. Photo

provenance:
"Foxley", March 2014

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Sold for
£2,100