£550 - £750
1882 PROVISIONAL ISSUE ON COVER: 3 Nov 1886 env. from Demerara to "Cooeroo Demerara River", bearing 1882 type-set 1c magenta (SG type 26) pair, each cancelled with a double ring ds with ms "Please do not/attempt to remove/Stamps" at top left. Marked in blue "stamps out of issue" and charged "O4" cents double deficiency. The reverse with T.P.O. DEMERARA RIVER/B. GUIANA" double ring cds (Proud D2). The envelope with some faults and one stamp is defective at right. A rare item. Note: De La Rue delivered replacement stamps on 27 Jan. 1882. The Governor hinted that the provisionals should be kept against a future shortage. No record appears to exist of instructions to destroy.
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