BRITISH GUIANA 1888-89 $1 green (UNUSED), SG185

BRITISH GUIANA 1888-89 $1 green (UNUSED), SG185British Guiana 1888 89 $1 green, "Sailing Ship Sandbach", SG185. Fine mint example with original gum. Slight gum creasing, which is immaterial to overall quality and of fine fresh appearance. A very rare stamp with only 1,200 sold without the surcharge, for postal and revenue purposes. The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is 500. ALERT ME WHEN ANOTHER IS AVAILABLE > SELL ONE OF THESE >

endorsed at top "W/19" and "Light Brown" at foot

A scarce surcharge stamp as only 3

Grandma Moses only began painting later in life

Rare in such fine condition

artists proposing designs were instructed "It is desirable that any design for the £1 stamp should be either of national significance or should be symbolic of the assembly which it is intended to commemorate

sideways Script watermark

Very fine used four margin example of the "Penny Black"

the printing variety is unmounted mint

In 2000 he was inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriter's Hall of Fame

GB Specialised Catalogue No: K17aa

with a 4mm blue phosphor band printed over the ink between the two stamps

Prince Charles and Diana Spencer