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Lot# 696 - Auction 234-243

  • Lot# : 696 Gibraltar

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    1927: £ 1 red-orange & black, an imperforate Colour Trial Proof example on watermark Multiple Script CA paper, on piece from the De La Rue archive, with manuscript below "Approved for Colour C.H.W. 26.10.27" in ink, fresh and very fine. The Proof has been lifted for checking and hinged back into place. Illustrated in 'The De La RuE Collection' edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 3275. Rare and most attractive.rnrnProvenance: 'Hetherington' sale, RL, Basel VI, 7 April 1978, lot 2372.rn                   Collection Paul Kayfetz, Harmers, London, 14 May 1997, lot 702.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF