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Auction: 6010 - Important Stamps & Covers of the World - Washington Philatelic Exhibition Auction
Lot: 57

x BRITISH GUIANA 1850-51 "COTTONREELS" 12c. deep blue, type B on medium paper, cut square with outer frameline intact, initialled "E.D.W", lightly cancelled by Demerara double-arc datestamp in January 1851; two thins at foot and three pinholes, however this is a much above average example in an unusual rich shade. Sc. 5; S.G. 5 Estimate US$ 3,000-4,000

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$17,000