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Medals, British Guiana, British Guiana Philatelic Exhibition, 1911, a silver medal by F. Bowcher for Spink, conjoined busts of George V and Queen Mary left, rev. badge of British Guiana, named (W.H. Peckitt, 25 Rarities), 36mm. Extremely fine and an important association item £250-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins, Tokens and Medals of the Caribbean from the late Raymond Brandon Collection.

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Provenance: R.J. Ford Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 79, 15 October, 1990, lot 455.

William Henry Peckitt (1870-1934), the London stamp dealer known as 'The Panther of the Strand' who, in 1898, famously bought the Mauritius Post Office Penny stamp of 1847 for £600 (it is now in the Royal Collection). He retired in 1913 and sold his business to Stanley Gibbons Ltd