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Auction: 25019 - The Lionheart Collection of British Empire Part XXII
Lot: 44

(x) British Guiana
1938-52 4c. scarlet and black, vertical pair from the top of the sheet, variety imperforate horizontally; superb unmounted mint, one of the finest known examples of this very rare variety. S.G. 310a, £40,000

Note: A single sheet of sixty was found in the Colony in 1947.

provenance:
The Ameer of Bahawalpur, Feb. 1969
Graham Cooper, Spink, Dec. 2016
'Galaxy', Spink, 2023

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£16,000 to £20,000

Starting price
£16000