Lot# 6133 - Auction 244-249
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Lot# : 6133 Natal
1877: De La Rue hand-painted Essay for proposed 4 d. value, imperforate on white stamp-sized paper applied to thick card, the painting in shades of mauve, reddish-violet and Chinese white painted over the original 6 d. Essay of 1874 (pictured in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP in the centre of page 5003) previously overprinted CANCELLED in red; with changed corner ornaments and FOUR PENCE value painted over SIX PENCE. Further large scale hand-painted design for the lower left ornament in black and Chinese white below; handstamped 30 AUG 77 at upper right. One of the few examples of one Essay superimposed over another. Unique and beautiful.rnrnProvenance: Collection Bill Hart, Cavendish, Derby, 25-26 June 1993, lot 170.Starting bid : 2,000 CHFHammer price : 3,600 CHF