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Auction: 23023 - The Lionheart Collection of Great Britain and British Empire Part XVII
Lot: 1109

(x) British Guiana
1856 4c. black on rose-carmine surface coloured paper, a used example with enormous margins, initialled 'EDW' (Wight) and cancelled by double-arc 'demerara' datestamp in black; two tiny thin spots of no significance, pressed crease and small surface defects painted in, however fine appearance for this iconic stamp. Signed A.D(iena). B.P.A. (pink) Certificate (2020). S.G, 25, £40,000

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Sold for
£6,000

Starting price
£3200