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Auction: 25012 - British Guiana Part II - The Simon Greenwood Collection
Lot: 2056

British Guiana
1850-51 "Cottonreels"
12c. black on blue, Townsend Type B (Robson Lowe Type C), initialled "E.D.W.", cut to shape and slightly intruding into the round frameline in places, cancelled by Demerara double-arc d.s. for Nov. 29 1850. Affixed to historical Emilio Diena approval piece and showing some faults including creasing and thinning. A collectable example of this popular stamp. S.G. 5II, £11,000. Photo

provenance:
Robson Lowe, January 1971
Cherrystone, December 1999

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Estimate
£1,200 to £1,600