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;) | BRITISH GUIANA postal history 1886 1c grey Inland Post Card with "SPECIMEN." (Type 3) struck across the stamp, diagonally and inverted. Unlisted T+H Page 175. £65 |
;) | GB/40c accountancy postmark on British Guiana stamp on 24c green, some toning. Normally only seen on 1876 low values £25 |
;) ;) | BRITISH HONDURAS 2c on 15c (1st Setting) Position 50 showing "no stop" and middle state chips to base of T and lower left leg of W (SG.224a, Cat.£70), fine used. £36 |
;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA 2c on 15c (1st Setting) Position 25 showing lead mark between T and S and RETOUCH to left value tablet, fresh mounted mint. £18 |
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA 2c on 15c (1st Setting) Positions 25, 26. Position 25 showing lead mark and RETOUCH in left side value tablet, Position 26 WITHOUT RAISED QUAD and earlier stages broken top right of T and chipped lower left leg of W, a fine mounted mint positional pair with some backing paper adherence along base. A key piece. As this Position 26 WITHOUT RAISED QUAD shows earlier stages to broken letters to T and W (ie less chipped W) one must now consider that the RAISED QUAD arose at a later stage £70 |
;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA 2c on 15c (1st Setting) Position 26 showing raised quad and broken top right of T and chipped lower left leg of W, generally fine used. £18 |
;) ;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA 2c on 15c (1st Setting) Positions 23,24. Position 23 showing raised T, fresh mounted mint pair. £5 |
;) ;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA 2c on 15c (1st Setting) Position 57 showing lead mark between N and T, fresh mounted mint. The lead mark on Position 57 is very similar to that found on Position 25. Position 57 has small chips to base and top right of T and does not have the retouched value tablet found on Position 25 £18 |
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA 2c on 15c (1st Setting) Positions 50,51,56,57. Position 50 showing a later state of the "no stop" (SG.224a, Cat.£70) in combination with shaved lower left leg of W, Position 56 with deformed T, Position 57 with lead mark between N and T, a fresh mounted mint block of four. The lead mark on Position 57 is very similar to that found on Position 25. Position 57 has small chips to base and top right of T and does not have the retouched value tablet found on Position 25 £70 |
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA 2c on 15c (1st Setting) Positions 49,50,55,56. Position 50 being an early state showing "no stop" (SG.224a, Cat.£70) without broken left leg of W, a generally fine mint corner marginal block of four. An important multiple. The "no stop" also shows tiny chip to base of T at right. In a later state the chip remains but the base of the left V of W has broken off. £95 |
;) ;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA 2c on 15c (1st Setting) Position 25 with positional guide-line in margin showing lead marks between T and S, stamp fresh unmounted mint showing RETOUCH left value tablet. £24 |
;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA 2c on 5c (2nd Setting) Postion 44 (Row 7/2) showing comma for stop (SG.222b, Cat.£75 mint, UNPRICED used), fine used. £48 |
;) | T.L.B. CLERK, British Guiana postmark */19 JY 32 on KGV 4c (SG.285). £10 |
;) | A04 used BERBICE, British Guiana postmark on 1875 2c orange OFFICIAL (SG.02). £12 |
;) ;) ;) | GOVERNOR'S or GOVERNMENT/OFFICIAL/BRITISH, British Guiana postmark large part offset in purple ink of a possibly unrecorded postal cancellation, or departmental cachet, on reverse 1907 4c brown & purple MCA wmk (SG.254) partially pmk'd at Georgetown. Flipped horizontally in second scan provided £28 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps: circa 1900 Duty 8c on value 64c and under Medicine Duty, an unused vertical strip of three labels, some light toning and edge damage. See Michael Medlicott article on this issue BWISC Bulletin No.231 of December 2011 £125 |
;) | BERBICE, British Guiana postmark dbl-arc dated JY 16 1878 on 1877 8c rose OFFICIAL (SG.010, Cat.£450). The BERBICE dbl-arc is found cancelling "loose" adhesives period JY 5 1876 to MY 28 1879 but no covers as such currently recorded £165 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps: 1860 4c pale blue, litho forgery in a corner marginal horiz. strip of four used, some clipped perfs at right. £60 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps: 1860 12c grey-lilac (wide spacing), a fine used corner marginal horiz. strip of four litho forgeries. £60 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA to FRANCE 1859 cover with GB QV 1d pair, QV 6d pmk’d “A03” dated DEMERARA A/JU 25 59 to Dieppe, France re-directed to 47 Avenue des Champs Elysees, Paris showing London JY 19, AMB Calais 20 JUL, Le Havre A Paris 22 JUIL transits. Flap removed by recipient to show his hand-written notes re content. Thought to be a unique GB used abroad combination (use of 8d rate to France is confirmed by double rate entire (1/4d) from same correspondence bearing GB QV 4d, pair QV 6d dated OC 10 1859. £3500 |