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Auction: 20035 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 3157

(x) British Guiana
1856 4c. black on magenta neatly cancelled by indistinct c.d.s. and initialled C.A.W(atson). An unmatched and very fine used example of this scarce stamp without the usual rubbing. Philatelic Foundation and B.P.A. Certificates (1970 and 2008). S.G. 24, £25,000

provenance:
'Small'
'Samos'
Spink Shreves, 'The Sovereign Collection', May 2008

Purchased at this sale by Drs. Edward and Joanne Dauer.

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Sold for
£7,000

Starting price
£5800