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Auction: 25012 - British Guiana Part II - The Simon Greenwood Collection
Lot: 2163

British Guiana
1856 Provisionals Type-set and printed on surface-coloured paper at the Official Gazette, Georgetown
One of the Most Difficult Stamps of the British Empire / A Worldwide Philatelic Rarity
4c. black on blue
4c. black on blue cut octagonally, small to good margins, initialled "E.D.W.", cancelled by Berbice double-arc d.s. for Nov. 20 1856, used on piece, showing alongside coded "A 3 C" d.s. Some usual faults including creasing and the usual surface disturbances, painted in places, though of fine appearance. Only about a dozen used examples are known. One of the rarest stamps of the British Empire and a major worldwide philatelic rarity, with fewer than twenty recorded in both used and unused condition -including those not held in private collections-, made even more significant by belonging to this highly important and charismatic issue.. B.P.A. Certificate (1994). S.G. 26, £150,000. Photo

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Estimate
£7,000 to £10,000