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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1311

British Guiana
The "Coventry" Collection Featuring 1852-76 Ship Stamps
1860-76 Issues, Covers
To The United Kingdom
1861 (8 Oct.) envelope ex the Anstie correspondence from Demerara to Wiltshire, bearing 1860 thick paper, perf. 12 12c. grey-lilac cancelled by "5d" accountancy handstamp in red with traces of the same ink "tying" the stamp, London Paid datestamp (29/10) alongside, the reverse (part flap missing) with despatch and Devizes arrival (30.10) datestamps; fine and attractive and sold on its merits. Photo

Note: See Townsend & Howe, pages 218-219 where the use of this handstamp is discussed. Interestingly they record a piece with the handstamp for the same day that this cover was despatched

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Sold for
£480