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Auction: 24026 - British Guiana Part 1 - The Simon Greenwood Collection
Lot: 37

British Guiana
Great Britain used in British Guiana
Georgetown (Demerara)
1859 (5 July) entire from Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana to Cologne, marked "Via Demerary & Southampton", bearing 1d. rose-red (DG) and 6d. lilac with wing-margin at left, both cancelled by "A03" obliterator, showing "paramaribo/franco" despatch d.s. in blue, oval-framed "p.", Paid London transit c.d.s. (5.8) and "england per aachen/franco" double-ring d.s. (6.8), all in red, with Demerara (7.7) and arrival (8.8) datestamps on reverse; the adhesives crossed by horizontal filing fold. A rare and attractive franking to a very infrequent destination. B.P.A. Certificate (2009). S.G. Z1, Z3. Photo

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