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Auction: 7033 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 486

British Guiana Early Letters and Handstamps Berbice 1815 (11 Mar.) "1 1/4oz-" entire letter ex the Mc.Calmont correspondence to Belfast, rated "12/6" (deleted) and "16/3" and showing, on reverse, a good strike of the very rare "Berbice, 11th Mar, 1815" d.s. (2x41mm. and unrecorded by Townsend) and arrival diamond-shaped d.s. (8.5). The earlier of the two known examples. Photo Estimate £ 400-500

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£500