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Auction: 7033 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 595

British Guiana Issued Stamps 1914 Stamp Design Competition Submitted by Lt. A.R. Carroll, a pen and ink sketch showing King´s head enclosed in ornate crown above centrally located ship surrounded by the colony´s motto, executed four times stamp size on wove paper (95x123mm.) marked "Allegro Con Spirito" and "1 Prize" on reverse. Photo Estimate £ 500-600 Note: In 1913 the new definitive issue was put on sale. Reaction in the Colony was not favourable. In 1914 the British Guiana Philatelic Society arrange an "Ideal B.G. Stamp Competition" for which twelve designs were submitted. These were adjudged in England in 1915 and the designs were offered to the Government in August 1917

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