<< The collection includes over 200 individual items with mint, used, covers and several great rarities. It features many items from the collections of famous philatelists such as Ferrari, Hind, Burrus and Caspary, and comes to the market almost 30 years after last being seen on display and over 50 years since the last significant auction of British Guiana stamps. The collection spans the pre-stamp period, the famous primitive “Cotton Reels” of 1850, through the various issues up to 1889, including British Post Offices and Official stamps... The British Guiana collection was the greatest achievement of the collector and enabling John E. du Pont to win his 5th Grand Prix award which ranked him third in the list of multiple Grand Prix winners. >>
