Losnr. 6491 - 291.-297. Auktion
291.-297. Auktion
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Losnr. : 6491 Nyassaland British Central Africa
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1900 (July): De La Rue "Appendix" sheet with no less than twenty-two Imperforate Colour Trials: with 1 d. values (12) in a variety of colour combinations with the vignettes in dull purple, frames in colours ranging from olive, bright blue, red-brown and sepia; with the eventually chosen shades (1 d. dull purple & green and 1 d. dull purple & carmine-rose), being overlapped by top marginal examples of the Colour Trials to denote acceptance by the Protectorate's Postmaster General and ticked with red "Chosen" above; the balance of both the low values either deleted (7) or marked as per the existing colours of the 1897 issue with wonderful high values from 2 s. 6 d. to £ 10 at right. Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 5194. A remarkable sheet adhered to black card, one of the finest of all the many Appendix sheets originally housed in the "Besançon" Commonwealth collection. Beautiful and truly spectacular.rnrnProvenance: "British Central Africa", RL, London, 14 April 1976, lot 1044.rnrnAusruf : 5.000,00 CHFZuschlag : 7.500,00 CHF -
