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Auction: 24012 - The Lionheart Collection of Great Britain and British Empire Part XVIII
Lot: 1155

(x) British Guiana
1863-76
2c. orange, perf. 12½, a vertical pair unusually used on the reverse of an 1864 wrapper and tied by fine strikes of 'b g/ e 4 c' datestamps in black, with further strike below. Obverse with manuscript 'paid 4 cents on the back', the adhesives cut but intact on opening. Illustrated in Corinphila Edition D' Or XLV (pg. 69). S.G. 68

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Sold for
£220

Starting price
£120