Lot# 3403 - Auction 284 - 290
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Lot# : 3403 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, a used horizontal pair on 1899 local cover, left hand stamp with variety: "Surcharge "TWO CENTS." Double" with 'T' of TWO raised (position 23), cancelled by 'Georgetown' cds (June 16) in black. Slight aging to envelope but an extremely rare and attractive usage. Cert. RPSL (1979) Gi = £ 1'300+ off cover.rnProvenance: Collection Derek Nathan, Spink, London, 12 April 2007, lot 584.1 / 1Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 2,200 CHF -
