Spring Auction Series 2016

1850 Cottonreel 12 cents black on blue, Townsend type B, security initials "EDW" of postal official Wight, cut square and cancelled by Berbice cds SP 12 and again on arrival by Demerara cds, good appearance but central thin and closed tear at left, rare (SG £35'000)





Expertise: Cert. Brandon





Estimate: € 4'000 - € 6'000

1850 Cottonreel 12 cents black on blue, security initials "EDW" of postal clerk Wight, cut round with frame cut into most of the way around, light cancellation, couple of creases and small thin spot, fine appearance (SG £11'000 for cut round)





Estimate: € 700 - € 1'000

1850 Cottonreel 12 cents black on indigo, Townsend type B, security initials faded, central Demerara cds September 1851, cut octagonally with frame clear in parts, the rarest shade of the 12 cents (SG £13'000 as cut round)





Expertise: Cert. Brandon (2006)





Estimate: € 3'000 - € 5'000

1850-51 Cottonreel 4 cents black on pale yellow, the late printing on very thin pelure paper, Townsend type C with tall oval rim, security initials "WHL" of postal official Lorimer, used with indistinct Demerara cds, cut square with good to large margins all round, natural wrinkles and small closed tear, remarkably fine condition for this infamously delicate stamp, extremely rare thus (SG £130'000 for cut square)



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1852 Waterlow 1 cent black on magenta, fine even margins all round and with light Demerara cds MR 13 1855, surface intact and unrubbed, rare in this premium quality (SG £5'500)





Expertise: Cert. RPS (1968) and Holcombe (1992)





Provenance: E. Gilbert





Estimate: € 2'000 - € 3'000

1852 Waterlow 1 cent black on magenta, used with central Demerara cds SP 26 1853, margins all round, torn and thinned with surface repair at upper left, good appearance (SG £5'500)





Expertise: cert. Brandon 2004 (as repaired)





Estimate: € 700 - € 1'000

1852 Waterlow 1 cent black on magenta, large to very large margins all around with light Demerara cds AU 19 tying stamp to small piece, surface intact and unrubbed, rare in this premium quality (SG £5'500)





Expertise: Cert. Bolaffi (1963) and Holcombe (1981)





Provenance: Caspary (1957) and Burrus (1963)





Estimate: € 3'000 - € 4'000

1852 Waterlow 4 cents black on deep blue, large even margins and fresh original colour, central Berbice cds JU 8 1853, coloured surface virtually intact and rare in this optimum quality (SG £12'000)





Expertise: Opinion R. Lowe (1963) and cert. Brandon (2006)





Provenance: Ferrary 1924, Burrus 1963, Gilbert 2005





Estimate: € 4'000 - € 7'000

1852 Waterlow 4 cents black on deep blue, used with double-circle DEMARARA ds, small faults incl. some discolouration, crease and pin-hole, still with some original gum. signed (SG £12'000)





Estimate: € 400 - € 700

1852 Waterlow 4 cents black on deep blue, good to large margins, used on full letter from Plantation Palmyra (with mourning boxes) to Georgetown, tied in transit by Demerara cds JU 3 1853, usual slight rubbing of the surface-coloured paper, stamp very fresh and of great rarity used on cover.





Expertise: Cert. Brandon





Estimate: € 4'000 - € 6'000

1853-59 Waterlow lithographed 1c brownish red (type A), unused, just touched at top left, tiny pinhole and trace of a thin at top in margin, fine appearance and rare (SG £15'000)





Estimate: € 2'000 - € 3'000

1853-55 Waterlow lithographed 4c blue, retouched showing solid line above value tablet, unused, close to large margins, slight thin, scarce (SG £4'500)





Estimate: € 700 - € 1'000