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Lot# 5192 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 5192 Lagos

    1886/94: De La Rue Appendix sheet, showing at left the colour changes required and printing method in Doubly Fugitive inks for the 1887 issue with four stamps 4 d. pale violet, 6 d. olive-green, 1 s. orange and 2 s. 6 d. olive-black, first two endorsed "D. fug. purple" and th last two "D. fug. Green" , right hand column of seven stamps showing the designs for the 1888/94 4 d. dull mauve & black (March 87), 5 d. dull mauve & green (Oct 93), 6 d. dull mauve & brownish mauve (March 87), 7½ d. dull mauve & carmine (Oct 93), 10 d. dull mauve & yellow (Oct 93), 1 s. yellow-green & black (March 87) and 2 s. 6 d. green & carmine (March 87) with the dates shown annotated alongside. Each stamp overprinted SPECIMEN in black - the 4 d. and 6 d. values showing the "Broken "M" in SPECIMEN" variety. Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 4509. Exquisite and unique.rnProvenance: Collection L. du P. Chiappini; Collection David Springbett, SG, London, 21 March 1997, lot 411.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,400 CHF