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Auction: 25012 - British Guiana Part II - The Simon Greenwood Collection
Lot: 2165

British Guiana
1856 Provisionals Type-set and printed on surface-coloured paper at the Official Gazette, Georgetown
One of the Most Difficult Stamps of British Guiana / A Worldwide Philatelic Rarity
4c. black on blue
4c. black on blue cut octagonally, small to good margins, with corner margins added and rebacked to improve appearance, initialled "E.D.W.", cancelled by coded d.s. for Oct. 1856. Some faults including creasing, thinning and surface rubbing, as usually found and not detracting from this rarity. Only about twelve used examples are known, making this one of the rarest stamps of the British Empire and a great rarity of worldwide philately. Calves certificate (1988). S.G. 26, £150,000. Photo

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Estimate
£5,000 to £7,000