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Auction: 24026 - British Guiana Part 1 - The Simon Greenwood Collection
Lot: 79

British Guiana
1852 (1 Jan.) Lithographed by Waterlow & Sons
The Unique 1 Cent Strip of Four on Cover
One Cent The Unique Cover Bearing the Largest Multiple
1853 (5 Mar.) entire from Sparta to Georgetown, bearing 1c. black on magenta strip of four Types I-II-I-II, sheet margin at left, good to large margins on the other sides, each centrally cancelled by fine "b g/a 5 c" c.d.s. (Type D1) and showing, on reverse, arrival double-arc d.s. (6.3); the second stamp crossed by vertical crease. The unique cover exhibiting the largest multiple of this stamp, with additionally two strips of four and two blocks of four recorded in used condition off cover. Undoubtedly the most attractive cover of this issue, featuring an excellent combination of beauty and rarity. R.P.S. Certificate (1986). S.G. 9. Photo

provenance:
M. Burrus, November 1963

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Sold for
£19,000

Starting price
£9500