THE EARLIEST KNOWN GREAT BRITAIN USE FROM SOUTH AMERICA 1847-54, G.B. embossed 6d lilac, clear to enormous margins originating from the left of the sheet, paying the uniform British Packet rate of sixpence, used on cover from Berbice "per Steamer" to Scotland, cancelled by pen-strokes, with despatch 24 March 1856 cds of Berbice (small sans-serif) on reverse. An unlisted (by Stanley Gibbons) use of the Embossed issue from the Colony, and only known use from British Guiana. A major rarity of Great Britain used abroad as the earliest known use of a Great Britain stamp from South America. Note: As the British Guiana stamps then current were only valid in the colony, prepaid mail to Great Britain and other countries required the use of British stamps. These were sold and used from Berbice (New Amsterdam) and Demerara (Georgetown), and available from 11 May 1858, when the stamps of British Guiana were valid only for local postage (until 1 May 1860). Provenance: John E. du Pont (Lot 60123, David Feldman SA, June 2014) Expertise: Cert. BPA (2014) (Image)

1852, 1c black on magenta unused without gum, small margins, touching at bottom but a fine example without the usual paper faults and the common surface retouching, a very rare unused stamp which is almost impossible to find in perfect condition; cert. BPA (2013) (S.G. £15'000). (Image)

1853 1c dull red with four good margins used with part Demerara JA 2 1856 cds, very fine, signed A. Brun (S.G. £2'250). (Image)

1856, 4c black on magenta, cut into at right otherwise clear margins, with light Demerara cds and initialled "EDW" by the postal clerk, backed on card with faults, still an attractive example (S.G. £25'000). (Image)

1876-79 Ship issue, master die proof in black on glazed card, printers working proof of the finished design without value, cut down and in sunken mount, thought to be only two examples in private hands (another example being part of the Royal Collection); ex William A. Townsend, John E. du Pont and "Imperium". (Image)

1882 1c magenta types 26 and 27 in se-tenant vertical pair, also 1c type 26 and 2c with "Small 2" unused, fine (S.G. £335).

1882 Typeset Ship Issue selection incl. S.G. 162 unused and used, S.G. 163 unused (2) and used, S.G. 164 unused (single and pair), used and pair on cover, plus S.G. 162 & 164 in vertical se-tenant pair and S.G. 164a (without SPECIMEN) used single and pair, and S.G. 165 used (3) plus S.G. 165a (without SPECIMEN) unused, as well as featuring varieties of the perfin, 1 cent block of six showing complete and clear offset, plus an important rarity being the 2 cents unused sheet marginal vertical block of twelve, showing SPECIMEN double impression, one albino (cert. RPS), mixed to fine condition (36 stamps & one cover); ex John E. du Pont and "Imperium". (Image)

1934-1951 George V Pictorial Issue selection of six envelopes showing a fine array of different frankings with value to $1, with useful censored, express and registered usages. (Image)

1938 $1 bright violet perf. 14x13, mint n.h., very fresh (S.G. £550). (Image)

1938-1952 KGVI Pictorial Issue selection of nineteen envelopes showing a fine array of different frankings, with useful postal stationery, airmail and registered usages; a scarce group (21). (Image)

1939-44 Censored Mail: Selection of twenty-two covers showing a wealth of different frankings and a range of censored tape and censor markings, better included are various Miller types, with very rare type 1 handstamp, type 1b and handstamp type IVa, type III and handstamp type V, "Passed by Censor/40" in red, "Opened by Examiner", also some instructional markings including LATE FEE in red; an interesting and a very scarce group. (Image)

Postal Stationery: 1897-1919 Selection of eight 2 cents postal stationery envelopes, all used from a host of different towns and or cancels including Arakara, the very rare Cotton Tree cds (Townsend & Howe type 5a), Hyde Park (Townsend & Howe type 15b), Mahaica, Tumatumari being a village on the Gold Fields, Whim, plus the Demerara Railway and a possibly unique usage on the "T" in circle, a scarce group (8). (Image)

Postal Stationery: 1902 Registered envelope embossed proof for the Four Cents value in orange-red on stiff thick paper, measuring 56x56mm, very fine and a rare proof; ex "Imperium". Note: This value and colour was used on the 1898 registered envelopes, although for the 1902 issue they retained the 4c value, but changed the colour to blue. (Image)