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Auction: 24026 - British Guiana Part 1 - The Simon Greenwood Collection
Lot: 70

British Guiana
1850-51 "Cottonreels"
The "Ferrary" and "Burrus" 4 Cents on Pelure Paper
4c. black on pale yellow on pelure paper, initialled "W.H.L.", cut square with circular frameline intact (just touched at top), cancelled by Berbice double-arc d.s. in 1851; colour faded though apparently clear of faults. Only sixteen examples recorded of this stamps are in private hands, of which six are cut square, with this outstandingly being one of two free of faults for this rarity of the British Empire. Calves (1987) and B.P.A. (1988) Certificates. S.G. 8I, £130,000. Photo

provenance:
Philipp von Ferrary, Sale 2 October 1921
M. Burrus, November 1963

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Sold for
£24,000

Starting price
£8000