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Auction: 6010 - Important Stamps & Covers of the World - Washington Philatelic Exhibition Auction
Lot: 49

x BRITISH GUIANA 1850-51 "COTTONREELS" 4c. pale yellow on pelure paper, unevenly cut round with outer frameline intact, clearly cancelled by Demerara double-arc datestamp; very slight colour loss and the paper slightly wrinkled. A remarkable example of this great rarity of which but a handful survive. Sc. 3; S.G. 8 Estimate US$ 10,000-15,000

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$11,000