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Lot# 3341 - Auction 284 - 290

  • Lot# : 3341 British Guyana

    Lithographic Transfer by Waterlow 1853/55: First Stone 4 c. deep blue, a fine used example in a delightful shade, large margins all round, showing retouched line above FOUR CENTS, cancelled by bold strike of double arc "Demerara" datestamp (July 11, 1854) in black. Superb and rare so fine Gi = £ 1'600.rnProvenance: Collection Maurice Burrus, RL, London, 26 Nov 1963, lot 62; Sotheby's, London, 29 Nov 1979, lot 124.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF