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Lot# 6139 - Auction 244-249

  • Lot# : 6139 Natal

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    1882/83: Pages from the De La Rue archives with initial part page with ½ d. dull green and 3 d. grey, each perforated 12 (unissued thus) and annotated alongside "Proposed Colour" and, alongside the ½ d. "being that established by the International Postal Convention for this duty", second page with "Natal Postage Stamps / Existing and proposed Schemes of Colours", dated at top Aug 28, 1883; with 1882 ½ d. and 1 d. rose, perf. 14 as issued with 1 d. annotated "Colour established by the International Postal Convention for this duty" and 3 d. bright blue imperforate; third page with "Existing Colours" 4 d. (deep) brown and 5 d. bright reddish violet and 5 s. maroon perf. 14 "these colours cannot be improved upon" and unissued 1 s. in orange, perf. 12, with "This is the colour the Colonial Secretary, in his letter of the 14th Aug. 1880, gave instructions for all future supplied of the 1/- postage stamps to be printed in". Ex the De La Rue archives - these are all illustrated in the "De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 5008 and 5009. Rare and important group.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,800 CHF