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  • Lot# : 3728 Bermuda

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    1900 (Nov 14): De La Rue Appendix Sheet bearing Imperforate Colour Trials of 1 s. values printed in gray, olive and yellow, two examples of each colour overprinted with two different surcharge types, one as issued (and signed in pencil alongside), the other with ONE FARTHING in straight line and bolder type, a vertical fold in sheet does not affect the Trials, sheet dated at top "Nov. 14th 1900" . Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton on page 2279, and a part set of five of these Trials are housed in the Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Rare and splendid.rnProvenance: Collection Sir Henry Tucker, Harmers, New York, 24 April 1979, lot 171; Stanley Gibbons, New York, 18 Feb 1981 lot 107.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,500 CHF