British Guiana
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British Guiana was a British colony located on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana.
Charles Edmonstone plantation in Demerara, 1834.
Illustration of the Demerara rebellion of 1823
British Guiana and its boundary lines, 1896
Stamp with a portrait of King George VI, 1938
Demerara
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Demerara is a historical region in the Guianas, on the north coast of South America, now part of the country of Guyana. It was a colony of the Dutch West India Company between 1745 and 1792 and a colo
2 Joes (or 44 Dutch Guilders), Colonies of Demerary and Essequebo (1830s), second issue.