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Auction: 19030 - The Ibrahim Salem Collection of British Commonwealth - Part One
Lot: 239

(x) Government of British Guiana, $10, 1 January 1942, serial number A/2 56942, black on multicolour underprint, Toucan at left, Kaieteur Falls at centre, sailing ship seal at right, reverse black, George VI at centre, value at left and right,
(Pick 15, TBB B110a), ex-Bruce Smart collection. Uncancelled, in PMG holder 30 EPQ Very Fine, completely original paper usually only obtainable with embossed specimen cancellation; a pristine Waterlow printing and an iconic design; an exceptional rarity and this example one of the best extant to date

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