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Auction: 1016 - Important Stamps & Covers
Lot: 49

British Guiana 1856 surface coloured paper 4c. black on rose-carmine, unused, initialled "e.d.w." which has caused a slight defect by ink erosion (strengthened by hinge), cut square and with enormous balanced margins, deep colour and very fine. Believed to be the only recorded unused example of this rare stamp. S.G. 24, £30,000. Photo Estimate £ 15,000-20,000 provenance: Maurice Burrus

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