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  • Lot# : 3402 British Guyana

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    Surcharged at the Printing Office of the Daily Chronicle, Georgetown 1899 (Feb-June): 2 c. on 15 c. red-brown & blue, an unused example with variety: "Surcharge "TWO CENTS." Double, One without Stop", of good appearance, small thin and slightly dried aged part og. A very rare stamp: just two examples are possible, this being the sole example in private hands, the other being housed in the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Signed W.H. Peckitt. Cert. RPSL (1991) Gi = £ 12'000.rnProvenance: Collection "Great", RL, London, 26 March 1970, lot 283; Collection Derek Nathan, Spink, London, 12 April 2007, lot 585.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,500 CHF