368. Auction

1853/59, 1 c. vermilion without line above "ONE CENT", lightly used "DEMERARA JA 8 1856", nice deep colour and good to large margins, very fine

1853/55, 4 c. pale-blue with good to large margins, extremely fine cancelled with central "B G A 4 C / AP 26 1855", very fine

1856, 4c. black on rose-carmine with superb colour and wide full square margins, used with central "DEMERARA OC 29 1856" and initialled "EDW"(ight), tiny pinhole by V of "Vicissim" and pressed creasing at bottom almost imperceptible on front, an outstanding example of this classic rarity and one of the finest known, signed with Ferrary handstamp and certificate BPA (2018) (SG. £40.000)

Provenance: Baron Philipp Ferrary de la Renotière (Sale 1, June 1921, Lot 52)