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Auction: 23021 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 302

British Guiana
1850-51 "Cottonreels"
12c. black on pale blue, Townsend Type 'C' with thin frame, showing the rare '2' of '12' with straight foot variety, cut round with good even margins, initialled 'EDW' (postmaster E. D. Wright) and cancelled by clear 'Demerara' cancellation of 30th May 1851; some thinning as often found, otherwise fine and rare with fewer than ten examples recorded. B.P.A. Certificate (2014). S.G. 7a II, £25,000. Photo

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£8,000

Starting price
£8000