British Guiana continued...
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 Official Stamps. 1877 Issue. 8c. rose, unused with large part original gum, fine. Rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1989). S.G. O10, £2,000. Photo (Image1)
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Est. £500-600
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| 322 |
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 Official Stamps. 1877 Issue. 8c. rose, fine used. S.G. O10, £500. Photo (Image1)
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Est. £150-180
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| 323 |
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 Official Stamps. 1877 Issue. 12c. pale violet and 24c. green, prepared for use but not issued, both handstamped "cancelled" (Type D7; inverted on 24c.) in blue and each on a small piece, the 12c. with clipped
perfs at right and both a little soiled. S.G. O11-O12. Photo
Provenance: De La Rue archives.
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Est. £500-600
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| 324 |
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 Official Stamps. 1877 Issue. 12c. pale violet, prepared for use but not issued, unused with large part original gum; perfs clipped on both sides. Very scarce. B.P.A. Certificate (1960). S.G. O11, £1,800.
Photo (Image1)
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Est. £500-600
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 Official Stamps. 1877 Issue. 24c. green horizontal pair, prepared for use but not issued, fresh unused with part original gum. A fine and very rare multiple of this unissued stamp. R.P.S. Certificate (1969). S.G.
O12, £4,500. Photo
Provenance: W.A. Townsend, October 1969. William Frazer, October.
(Image1)
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Est. £1,200-1,500
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| 326 |
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 Official Stamps. Cover. 1875 (25 Oct.) envelope (222x90mm.; folded for display) from the Colonial Receiver General's Office to Bermuda, bearing 1875 2c. orange strip of six with four showing sloping "o" in
"official", each cancelled "A03", showing red crayon "4" (deleted) and "8" with, on reverse, Georgetown and St. Thomas (4.11) datestamps; the envelope with recipient's notation at right and a little soiled, the strip with some minor perf faults at
top due to be affixed at edge of cover. A unique franking. Photo
Note:: The use of Official stamps finished on 14 June 1878..
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Est. £3,000-4,000
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| 327 |
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 Postal Stationery. Postcard. 1886 1c. slate composite essay with printed legend,, cut down 1876 definitive 1c. and printed cut down arms of colony affixed, the latter surrounded by hand-painted motto, and dated
"feb 1st 86", plus cut down die proof of this badge in black on glazed card, affixed to piece (50x50mm.), marked "26 Leads", dated "Mar 9" and further marked in red ink "B. Guiana, P. Card plate, May 1.86". Photo
Provenance: De
La Rue archives, February 1979. Derek Nathan, Jul.
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Est. £300-400
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| 328 |
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 Postal Stationery. Envelope. 1893 1c. essay of a reject design for an embossed envelope similar to that used for registered envelopes, hand-painted in dark and light green and Chinese white on tracing paper
(72x91mm.) dated "august 1 93". Delightful. Photo
Provenance: De La Rue archives. Derek Nathan, July 2005.
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Est. £500-600
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| 329 |
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 Postal Stationery. Wrapper. 1884 2c. essay in orange with value tablet hand-painted and lettered "A", fine. Photo
Provenance: De La Rue archives, February 1979.
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Est. £400-500
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| 330 |
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 Covers and Cancellations. 1866 perf 10 2c. orange cancelled by almost complete Crowned circle "paid/at/demerara" (Type PD2); badly thinned in lower half and with some other lesser faults, nevertheless a fine
strike of which only three examples have been recorded, one being on cover. Photo (Image1)
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Est. £300-400
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| 331 |
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 Covers and Cancellations. 1909 (22 Feb.) coloured picture postcard to Belgium, showing fine "t.p.o. pomeroon/b. guiana" despatch c.d.s. (Type D2), bearing 1907 2c. tied by "anna regina/b. guiana" c.d.s. (Type D5)
dated 23 February and showing Georgetown (24.2) and arrival datestamps. Very scarce (Image1)
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Est. £150-200
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| 332 |
6 |
 Covers and Cancellations. 1912 (8 July) 2c. stationery envelope to Switzerland, clearly cancelled by "potaro xi miles b.g." c.d.s. (Type D2) and showing arrival datestamp on reverse; a few light tone marks (Image1)
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Est. £120-150
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| 333 |
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 Covers and Cancellations. 1917 (7 Aug.) coloured picture postcard from Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara to England, bearing 1913 2c. tied by "t.p.o. railway w.c." c.d.s. (Type D3), showing Georgetown c.d.s. with "16"
year date error and rare "returned/for war tax" h.s. in violet, a second 2c. then added and tied by T.P.O. c.d.s. for 8 August. Unique. Photo
Provenance: Derek Nathan, July 2005.
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Est. £300-400
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 Covers and Cancellations. 1919 (18 June) Montgomery Ward envelope registered to Chicago, bearing KGV 6c. and War Tax 2c. tied by "leguan/british guiana" c.d.s., showing oval-framed "registered/at/leguan" h.s.
(Type R2, only recorded for 24 December 1934), British Guiana registration label with manuscript "Leguan" and, on reverse, Georgetown, New York (8 July) and arrival datestamps. Photo (Image1)
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Est. £150-180
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| 335 |
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 Covers and Cancellations. 1927 (8 Nov.) Montgomery Ward envelope from Tapacooma to Chicago, bearing KGV 2c. (2) clearly tied by "postal agency no 7/b. guiana" c.d.s. (Type D1; latest recorded date) and showing, on
reverse, Anna Regina (8.11) and Georgetown (8.11) transit datestamps. Very scarce
Provenance: Ted Proud.
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Est. £200-250
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| 336 |
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 Covers and Cancellations. 1937 (15 Jan.) locally addressed envelope, bearing 1934 2c. tied by Georgetown double-ring d.s., and with "Girl Pat" blue label tied by "Returned from 'Girl Pat'/as illegal Mail." h.s. in
red and showing manuscript "Contravenes Postal Regulations" with Postmaster General's handstruck signature below and, on reverse, "r.l.o./br. guiana" c.d.s. (Type D4); the label with some affixative staining around perfs. Photo (Image1)
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Est. £200-250
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| 337 |
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 Covers and Cancellations. Coded Datestamps. See also Lots 79, 91, 179, 208 and 215. "A.1.C" (Aurora): 1853-59 1c. dull red Type B with close to large margins, clearly cancelled by "b g/a 1 c" c.d.s. of Aurora
(Type D2) for 15 May 1860 (earliest known date); filled-in thins not affecting appearance. S.G. 14. Photo (Image1)
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Est. £300-400
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| 338 |
3 |
 Covers and Cancellations. Coded Datestamps. "A.3.C." (Queens Town): 1853-59 1c. vermilion pair with mainly good to large margins, just into at bottom right, both clearly cancelled by "b g/a 3 c" c.d.s. of
Queenstown (Type D1) for 18 October 1855; two light creases not affecting appearance. Rare. S.G. 11. Photo
Provenance: Boucher, November 1945. "Foxley", March 2014.
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Est. £500-800
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 Covers and Cancellations. Coded Datestamps. "A.3.C." (Queens Town): 1862 (21 Nov.) envelope ex the Anstie correspondence from Queenstown to Wiltshire, bearing 1862 thin paper, perf. 12 12c. purple cancelled by a
superb strike of the "b g/a 3 c" coded c.d.s. (Type D2) with London Paid datestamp 14.12) alongside, the reverse with a further fine strike of the coded datestamp, Demerara (21.12) and Devizes (15.12) datestamps. Fine and very rare. See Townsend &
Howe page 267. Photo
Provenance: "Coventry", April 2019.
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Est. £1,000-1,500
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 Covers and Cancellations. Coded Datestamps. "A.4.C." (Reliance): 1854 4c. blue with close to large margins, cancelled by almost complete "b g/a 4 c" c.d.s. of Reliance (Type D1) dated 8 February 1858, fine. S.G.
19. Photo (Image1)
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Est. £300-400
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