British Guiana, rarità in asta da Spink ...

[Franco Peli]

British Guiana, rarità in asta da Spink …

Sul sito web della casa d’aste inglese “Spink” è possibile visionare il catalogo di una delle prossime asta che si terrà in Londra l’11 dicembre presso la sede della “The Royal Philatelic Society London” (RPS,L), denominata:

British Guiana, part I - The “Simon Greenwood” Collection. (363 lotti)

Vendita piena di rarità con materiale proveniente da collezioni blasonate del passato appartenute a diversi grandi collezionisti che hanno fatto la storia della filatelia classica con particolare riguardo a questa ex colonia inglese, quali Ferrary, Burrus, Glassco, “Great”, Caspary, Townsend, Cartier, Du Pont e molti altri.

“Top Lot” in vendita un iconico pezzo (lotto 47) di questa ex colonia inglese che viene così descritto nel catalogo d’asta:

… 2c. black on rose Type B, a magnificent vertical pair, initialled “E.D.W.” on 1851 (26
Nov.) entire letter to “Edward Gordon Esq., Plant. Good Hope”, cancelled by “DEMERARA”
double-arc d.s.. The pair is of excellent colour for this stamp and cut square with good to
large margins on three sides, close at left with frameline of lower stamp just impinged
upon. As is inevitable for any old domestic letter of this colony, there is slight age staining.
Ten examples of the 2c black on rose are known, including four single stamps off cover
and three pairs on cover. However, only six examples, on cover or off cover, are
available to collectors, as the remaining four include one pair on cover in the Royal
Philatelic Collection, and two single examples off cover - one in the British Library in
London, and the other in the Post and Telecommunications Museum in Bonn, Germany.
Of the three pairs recorded, the other two are not in the outstanding state of preservation
of the pair on the “Weill Cover”, as one is extensively repaired - in the Royal Philatelic
collection, and the other, on the “Miss Rose” entire letter, is cut round and with parts of
the frame line missing.
The finest known of the three pairs on cover, and therefore it can be stated that the
“Weill Cover” is “sans parell” in terms of quality. With the exception of this pair,
the other eight surviving examples are cut round, and as a result, this is unique. It
exhibits the rarest value of the “Cotton Reels” and is, undoubtedly, together with
the unique “Cotton Reel” combination franking, one of the two most important
covers of British Guiana. S.G. 1, £650,000 off cover for cut round; unpriced for cut square. (Estimate £300,000-500,000)

Una delle prime tre buste dell'Impero britannico, nonché una straordinaria rarità della filatelia in generale, busta considerata come una delle prime quindici gemme filateliche del mondo.
Catalogo d’asta visionabile e scaricabile direttamente dal sito web della stessa Spink.

https://d3ums4016ncdkp.cloudfront.net/a ... /24026.pdf

https://www.spink.com/live-auctions.aspx

Catalogo da libreria filatelica.

Cordialità !

Franco

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