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Lot# 5199 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 5199 Lagos

    1886/87: De La Rue Colour Trial for the 1 s. value in issued colours of yellow-green & black, on gummed unwatermarked wove paper, line perf. 14, large part dried og. The describer believes this stamp was taken from the Appendix sheet as dated August 28, 1886, illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 4514. Rare and most unusual.rnProvenance: Collection Colonel J.R. Danson, RL, London, 10 March 1971, ex lot 1535.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF