Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 1

Typeset at the Office of the 'Royal Gazette', Georgetown 1850/51: Cottonreel 8 c. black on green, Type A on medium wove paper, a fine used example initialled "EDW" (Wight), cut square example, the outer frameline barely grazed at left and fine on three sides, of outstanding colour cancelled by double ar 'Demerara' datestamp in black. Slight thin spot at top does not detract from the appearance of this extremely rare stamp with excellent provenanace. Signed Herbert Bloch. Cert. BPA (2020) Scott 4 = $ 70'000 / Gi = £ 70'000.rnProvenance: Collection Arthur Hind, Harmers, London, 7-9 May 1934, lot 96; Collection Dale-Lichtenstein, Harmers, New York, 18 Feb 1969, lot 405; Spink, London, 12 June 2008, lot 46.