THE FERRARY STRIP OF FOUR - LARGEST RECORDED MULTIPLE - UNIQUE 4c Blue, mint horizontal strip of four, being type 2 retouched (line of colour above FOUR CENTS) together with types 3+4+5, intense blue colour and fresh original gum, light creasing (not apparent from face) and a very light small stain at right, undoubtedly one of the most important items of this issue and stated by Townsend & Howe (page 37) as being unique with no blocks recorded. Provenance: This strip has a fantastic pedigree as it has adorned the prestigious collections of Philipp von Ferrary (1921), Alfred Caspary (1957), Josiah Lily (1967) and John E. du Pont (2014). Last sold at auction in 2021 for the equivalent of CHF 16'980 including commission
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1876 Ship Issue, master die proof in black on glazed paper, dated Dec. 14. 1875 at top left, very fine and illustrating the fine detail that was undertaken for this issue, scarce (Size 92X65mm)
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1876 Ship Issue, master die proof in black on glazed paper, without value tablet, very fine & scarce (Size 94X65mm)
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1892 POST OFFICE TELEGRAPH postal stationery used with NEW AMSTERDAM /BRITISH GUIANA AP 9 1892 squared circles postmark and addressed to Georgetown, very rare item
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1836-44 Three entire letters plus a fragment, two are addressed to the London Missionary Society, both from Demerara and sent via Liverpool, taxed 1/- (Packet Letter Rate for 1/2 Ounce), plus two other items from Bernice showing the scarce "1/2" handstamp from Bernice. all four mounted on two exhibition pages
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1894-1923 Ship in Seal types 1 and 2 postal stationery presentation on six album pages plus extras totaling 18 items, used and unused, sometime with extra frankings, a fine lot (Est. CHF 120/200)
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RAILWAY (T.P.O): Specialised group mounted on five exhibtion pages, 16 stamps and six postal stationery items plus a fragment showing a range of different TPO postmarks from the period 1884-1900, being two cancelled directly DEMERARA RAILWAY / B.GUIANA double-ring cds, then two from Belfield and the last last items with Townsend type 10a cds, a fine group
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1847-1900, Selection of 24 stamps, two covers plus a postal stationery showing examples of cancels used during this period. noted double-arc BERNICE on pre-stamp folded entire, also GB 1856-58 1d bearing A03 numeral (cert. BPA), also squared circles, double-ring, single ring, etc.
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1880-1910, Specialised group on District Post Offices cancellation from types 3 to 12 plus squared circles cds and Private Bag cds, a total of 24 stamps and 18 covers or postal stationery items mounted on 11 exhibition pages, see full set of scans on our website
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