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Auction: 25012 - British Guiana Part II - The Simon Greenwood Collection
Lot: 2054

British Guiana
1850-51 "Cottonreels"
12c. black on blue, Townsend Type B (Robson Lowe Type C), faintly initialled "E.D.W." (?), cut pentagonal with mainly good margins, just slightly encroached on left and right, cancelled by light Demerara double-arc d.s. A couple of thin spots and some staining, with most of the surviving examples presenting imperfections. Quite fresh and of fine appearance. S.G. 5II, £11,000. Photo

provenance:
Phillips, February 1997

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Estimate
£2,500 to £3,500