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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 287

xBritish Guiana 1856 Type-Set Issue 4c. black on magenta (Townsend Type 3), initialled "CAW", a huge example neatly cancelled with Demerara double-arc d.s. for March 1856; vertical crease at left through "postage". A remarkably large example. R.P.S. Certificate (1997). Sc. 14; S.G. 24, £6,500. Photo Estimate £ 3,000-4,000 provenance: Champion Ferrari Sale 2, 1921

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