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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 277

xBritish Guiana 1850-51 "Cottonreels" Medium Wove Paper 4c. orange (Townsend Type B), initialled "WHN", cut square and very lightly cancelled with small part Demerara double-arc d.s.; stains removed and impression slightly strengthened at lower left corner, nevertheless a most attractive example of this classic stamp. R.P.S. Certificate (1997). Sc. 2; S.G. 2I, £32,000. Photo Estimate £ 5,000-6,000 provenance: Champion

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