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Auction: 6010 - Important Stamps & Covers of the World - Washington Philatelic Exhibition Auction
Lot: 50

x BRITISH GUIANA 1850-51 "COTTONREELS" 8c. green, type Ai on medium wove paper, faint traces of initials, cut octagonally with frameline intact, cancelled by Demerara double-arc datestamp for November 6th 1850, strong colour and impression; insignificant thinning. Exceptional and almost certainly the finest known example. Sc. 4; S.G. 4 Estimate US$ 8,000-10,000provenance: P. Ferrary, October 1921 (sale 2) M. Burrus, November 1963 (sale 33) "Great", March 1970

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