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  • Lot# : 2104 Gibraltar

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    1901: De La Rue Essay for the 1 d. value, with photographic head-plate and Crown and lower two thirds of the stamp; GIBRALTAR POSTAGE at top, top part of the frame and POSTAGE & REVENUE all hand-painted in black and Chinese white with pencil perforation surround, on thick card. Four Essays were submitted to the Crown Agents in August 1901 and sent on to the Gibraltar Government, who replied to De La Rue on January 16, 1902 selecting the Key Plate design as issued. Illustrated in 'The De La Rue Collection' edited by Frank Walton on page 3264. Unique and splendid unadopted Essay.rnrnProvenance: RL, Basel VI, 7 April 1978, lot 2335; Collection Barclays Bank, Phillips, London, 29 May 1987, lot 798; Collection Paul Kayfetz.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF