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Auction: 19039 - The 'Bartica' Collection of British Guiana Ship Type Issues
Lot: 170

(x) British Guiana
1889 (Sept.) Keyplate Issue
Die Proofs
1c. and 2c. "postage & revenue" and duty plates, both stamp-size in black on glazed card and sharing "British Guiana", affixed to De La Rue day book piece (64x50mm.) marked "Feb 12 60 leads each" and further dated in red ink "March 6th. 1900"; the 1c. value tablet with surface abrasions though a unique archival piece. Photo

provenance:
De La Rue archives, April 1976
"Foxley", March 2014

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Sold for
£320