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Auction: 21015 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of Great Britain and British Empire - Part XV
Lot: 41

(x) British Guiana
1850-51 medium wove paper 'Cottonreel' 12c. black on blue, thick rule, type A, cut square, just touching at foot; lightly cancelled by "demerara/29 oc/1850" c.d.s. and with initials "WHL" of clerk W.H. Lortimer. A superb example of this classic first issue rarity. R.P.S. (1959) and Ceremuga (2019) Certificates. S.G. 5, £35,000

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Sold for
£13,000

Starting price
£10000