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Auction: 7033 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 584

British Guiana Issued Stamps 1899 (Feb.-June) Surcharges 2c. on 15c. red-brown and blue, a horizontal pair with the left-hand stamp showing variety surcharge double, neatly cancelled with Georgetown c.d.s. and tied on 1899 (16 June) envelope addressed within the city; fine and rare. R.P.S. Certificate (1979). S.G. 224b. Photo Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 Note: One sheet of the 15c. value received a double overprint on five of the six columns. The left-hand stamp, with surcharge double, has the "T" of "TWO" raised on the lower surcharge, placing it as position 23 in the fifth column

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