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Auction: 19039 - The 'Bartica' Collection of British Guiana Ship Type Issues
Lot: 20

(x) British Guiana
1857-59 1c. Fresh Lithographic Transfers from the 4c. value with white line above value
Used
Dull red vertical pair comprising Types A over C, good to very large margins, neatly cancelled and tied on part entire by "l" (Leguan) coded datestamp for 13 May 1860 and additionally cancelled by two light Demerara single-ring datestamps for 15 May with a further strike on reverse; the pair with a vertical crease and tiny imperfection at upper left corner of Type C, otherwise sound. Believed to be the sole used example of these two types se-tenant. S.G. 12, 16, £4,500. Photo

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Sold for
£2,900