Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 24012 - The Lionheart Collection of Great Britain and British Empire Part XVIII
Lot: 1192

(x) British Guiana
Collections
1860-75 Waterlow Ship Issue collection written up on album pages including a range of the first design with values to 24c. mint and with some multiples including 1c. block of ten, 1860 1c. pale rose mint and used (2), 1862-63 1c. plate proof pair, 1863 5th printing 1c. block of fourteen, 1860-75 4c. blue including plate proof pairs (3) on various paper types, blocks of four of the issued stamps, a used group with different perforations and cancels, 1860-64 12c. used (11, various cancels and including a pair), 1863-75 including 1c. plate proof strip of five and mint issued blocks of nine and ten, 2c. with mint blocks of four (2), eight and eighteen, used examples including used on cover (2), 12c. with plate proof and mint pair along with used examples, 48c. red with plate proof, example overprinted "specimen", issued mint and used, etc., a lovely collection with high catalogue value

provenance:
John du Pont, June 2014

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£8,000 to £10,000

Starting price
£6500