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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 282

xBritish Guiana 1850-51 "Cottonreels" Medium Wove Paper 12c. pale blue (Townsend Type B), initialled "EDW", cut square and twice cancelled by Berbice double-arc d.s. for June 1851; slight rust stain and minute repair in lower right corner, nevertheless an attractive example of this classic stamp. R.P.S. Certificate (1997). Sc. 5a; S.G. 7I, £10,000. Photo Estimate £ 3,000-3,500

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