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Auction: 25012 - British Guiana Part II - The Simon Greenwood Collection
Lot: 2166

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 margins, initialled "E.D.W.", with corner margins added and rebacked to improve appearance, cancelled by light coded d.s. Faults including creasing, thinning and surface rubbing, usual faults which affect this value, still a very presentable and fine example of this rarity, of which only about twelve used examples are known, four of them offered in this sale. One of the rarest stamps of British Guiana and a great rarity of worldwide philately. Pemberton Wilson & Co. handstamp on the reverse. E. Diena certificate (1987). S.G. 26, £150,000. Photo

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Estimate
£5,000 to £7,000