Great Britain and British Commonwealth British Guiana
Sale No: 21DG
Lot No: 51095
Symbol: F
Cat No: 3
THE RAREST "COTTON REEL" ON COVER
THE FINEST 4 CENTS DENOMINATION ON COVER
1850-51 4 cents black on lemon-yellow, with initials of postal official Lortimer "WHL", cut round with excellent margins for this stamp, just touched in small place at top left and preserving the continuous frame line, used on cover from Mahaica (Quayle Squire correspondence) to Georgetown, exhibiting uncommon centrally struck Demerara datestamp of 14 January 1851; (SG £ 96'000).
The only cover recorded bearing the Stanley Gibbons no. 3: the 4 cents on lemon-yellow, consequently being the rarest "Cotton Reel" on cover. As an additional degree of importance and rarity, if we consider all covers recorded bearing the 4 cents denomination -Stanley Gibbons no. 2 & 3-, this example is the finest available (only two examples possess the continuous frame line all around).
Provenance:
Henry C. Gibson
David Feldman "Rarities" sale, November 1992, sold for CHF24'000
Expertise: Two B.P.A. certificates (1969 & 1992) (Image)
Opening GBP 35,000.00
Sold...GBP 38,000.00
Closed..Dec-15-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 38000
Sale No: 21DG
Lot No: 51098
Symbol: H
Cat No: 20a
1855 4c pale blue showing the retouch above the lower label, excellent margins, used with parts of two Demerara cds, cert. Behr (2006) (S.G. £1'000). (Image)
Opening GBP 300.00
Sold...GBP 360.00
Closed..Dec-15-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 360
Sale No: 21DG
Lot No: 51099
Symbol: CC,J
Cat No: 317a
1938-52 $1 bright violet perf.14x13 in mint n.h. top right corner mariginal block with sheet number, couple of creases in the margin, very fine and fresh, a scarce multiple of this perforation gauge (S.G. £2'200 as singles). (Image)
Opening GBP 600.00
Sold...GBP 700.00
Closed..Dec-15-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 21DG
Lot No: 51100
Symbol: H
Cat No: 317a
1938-52 $1 bright violet perf 14x13, neatly cancelled by cds, fine and scarce. (Image)
