Auction # 58 - Winter 2014 Auction

Great Britain, 1856 (May 24) Demerara, British Guiana to Liverpool, England. Blue folded letter with partial "Demerara, MY 25 1856" backstamp, red London (6.14) backstamp and manuscript "2/" shilling rating, experimental "Liverpool, JU 15 1856" datestamp with dotted arc, Very Fine.
Estimate; $150 - 200.

Liverpool experimented with a cancellation in which the name and arcs consisted of small holes made by perforating pins. The steel pins often did not penetrate the letter surface as seen in this example. The marking was despatched from the G.P.O. in London on 22 March 1856. A second marking was despatched on 2 April 1857. Examples of this marking are not common and green ink was used on South American origins.