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Auction: 24012 - The Lionheart Collection of Great Britain and British Empire Part XVIII
Lot: 1128

(x) British Guiana
1852 Waterlow Issue
1c. black on magenta, an outstanding horizontal pair with large to very large margins and part sheet margin at left, used on piece with two neat almost complete strikes of 'demerara' double-arc datestamp (2 Sept. 1853) and with a further strike alongside, very faint vertical crease affecting the right stamp, no surface rubbing as so often found; the finest known pair. Signed Calves. B.P.A. Certificate (2014). S.G. 9

provenance:
Arthur Hind, October 1935
John du Pont, June 2014
"Imperium", David Feldman, October 2021


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Sold for
£6,500

Starting price
£6500