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Lot# 3845 - Auction 250-256

  • Lot# : 3845 British Guyana

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    1934: Kaieteur Falls 4 c. slate violet, an unused vertical pair, marginal from top of sheet, variety "Imperforate Horizontally" and between stamp and margin, of excellent fresh colour and of dramatic appearance, some aging on gum, mounted in top margin only, stamps unmounted og. Extremely rare Gi = £ 22'000.rnNote: The Dale-Lichtenstein collection possesseed two blocks of four and a marginal pair of this variety (lots 634-636). In the sale catalogue, Sidney Barrett of the Economist Stamp Co. stated that, from the original sheet of 60, 42 examples were sold as singles and the remaining eighteen from the three left hand rows were saved - this leaves nine pairs of which Dale-Lichtenstein owned five. Towsend & Howe (pages 148 and 149) differ somewhat in their opinion but the figures remain approximately the same. Photocopies of the two articles are attached with the lot.rnProvenance: Bridger & Kay, London, 22-23 Sept 1980, lot 808.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 7,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 14,500 CHF