Lot 167
1850-51 8c green 'Cotton reel', Townsend...




Stamps and Postal History of the World | 5938
Auction: 22 November 2022 at 00:00 GMT
Estimate: £5,500 - £7,500
Description
1850-51 8c green 'Cotton reel', Townsend type 'A', cut round with frame intact except over 'B', 'EDW' initials in blue (E. D. Wight), lightly cancelled by part Demerara cds ('FE 1 1851'). Originally affixed with a red wafer (traces on the reverse), which caused some internal wrinkling and a minor central puncture. An attractive example of this classic rarity, BPA cert (2014), SG 4




