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Auction: 24012 - The Lionheart Collection of Great Britain and British Empire Part XVIII
Lot: 1131

(x) British Guiana
1853-59 Waterlow (Original Printing)
1c. vermilion, block of four with large even margins, cancelled by Sparta 'bg/a 5c' Arabian village datestamps, some reduced ink marks and a faint horizontal crease at top. A very rare multiple with only two blocks of four recorded of this stamp off cover. B.P.A. Certificate (2014). S.G. 11, £6,800+

provenance:
Alfred H. Caspary, May 1957
Lars Amundsen, December 1967
John du Pont, June 2014
"Imperium", David Feldman, October 2021


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Sold for
£2,200

Starting price
£2200