BRITISH GUIANA 1881 SG155c Mint

Stock Code: P212020152

1881 (28 Dec) "2" on 12c pale violet "OFFICIAL", error SURCHARGE DOUBLE with the surcharge at centre type 23 and the other at foot type 24, fresh and fine, large part o.g. A fascinating stamp of the highest rarity, which once formed a vertical pair with Townsend lot 182 (the stamp below = R7/5). From R6/5 in one sheet where the surcharge was misplaced upwards, leaving the bottom row without surcharge. A further impression in the correct position resulted in ten of the 60 stamps showing both types (five with type 23 above, as here, and five with type 24 above), some of which were used (including an example in the Royal Collection). Signed Bloch, and formerly in the Dupont collection. (cat £6000). [Our research has traced just six of the ten possible examples, four mint and two used. Of these, only two are confirmed as the variant with type 23 above (as here), the other (= "Great" lot 260, ex Ackerman) having been used at New Amsterdam in 1884.]

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