Lot# 3331 - Auction 284 - 290

Typeset at the Office of the 'Royal Gazette', Georgetown 1850/51: Cottonreel 4 c. black on orange, Type B on medium wove paper, a fine used example initialled "EDW" (Wight), cut square example, the outer frameline shaved at base but of rich deep colour for this issue, cancelled by "Demerara" double arc datestamp (October 29, 1851) in black. Corner bend and three small thin spots of no great significance, as this is one of the finest examples extant. Certs. RPSL (1986), BPA (2020) Scott 2 = $100'000 / Gi = £ 100'000.rnProvenance: Spink, London, 12 June 2008, lot 43. The RPSL certificate states this to be Scott 2a, 'yellow', we share the Spink opinion when offered in 2008 that this the 'orange' shade; with which the BPA (2020) also concur.