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Auction: 24012 - The Lionheart Collection of Great Britain and British Empire Part XVIII
Lot: 1133

(x) British Guiana
1853-59 Waterlow (Original Printing)
1c. vermilion, first stone, horizontal pair with good to large margins, transfer types 5-6, showing two clear strikes of the 'a 3 c/ ag.23.1855' c.d.s. from the Arabian Coast; the left stamp with vertical crease, very fine otherwise and the only pair known with this rare village postmark. Signed George Fulpius. S.G. 11, £3,400+

provenance:
Lars Amundsen, December 1967
John du Pont, June 2014
"Imperium", David Feldman, October 2021

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Sold for
£1,100

Starting price
£800