Lot 28
British Guiana 1934-51 4c slate-violet vertical pair error Imperforate between




The Hay Morgan Collection of KGV : Part 1 | S24020
Auction: 30 October 2024 at 10:30 GMT
£11,400
Description
1934-51 4c slate-violet ‘Kaietur Falls’, vertical pair from left of sheet showing centre guide line between impressions (R3-4/1), ERROR IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY, fine o.g. Spectacular and very rare, and one of the great KGV errors. Ex Sir Gawaine Baillie (Sotheby's 16 Feb 2005, lot 639) and Dale-Lichtenstein (H.R. Harmer 17 Feb 1969, lot 634) with BPA cert (2017). SG 291b, cat £24,000
Footnote
The error emanates from a single sheet discovered in 1937, from which only the three left hand rows (= 9 pairs) were preserved in unused condition, the rest of the sheet having been mostly cut into singles and used.




