Lot# 4145 - Auction 250-256
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Lot# : 4145 Leeward Islands
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WINDWARD ISLANDS 1890 (April 10): De La Rue Essays (14) for the proposed first unified issue for the Windward Islands (Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent now incl. Dominica, Martinique and Mustique), with nine Essays using the Key Plate dull lilac printed background with WINDWARD ISLANDS and Duty Plate hand-painted on each; with ½ d. turquoise & Chinese white, 1 d. in carmine & Chinese white, 2 d. in dull blue & Chinese white, 2½ d. in ultramarine & Chinese white, 3 d. lilac, mauve & Chinese white, 4 d. in orange & Chinese white, 6 d. in brown & Chinese white, 9 d. in black & Chinese white, 8 d. in red-brown & Chinese white; five Essays using the Key Plate dull green printed background with 1 s. in pale purple & Chinese white, 2 s. in ultramarine & Chinese white, 5 s. in orange & Chinese white, 10 s. in red-brown & Chinese white and £ 1 in carmine & Chinese white. Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 6556. An extraordinary Appendix sheet which took 'Besançon' some twenty-five years to re-assemble. An amazingly beautiful and extremely lovely complete set.rnProvenance: RL, Bermuda, 15 Feb 1979, lot 1103.Starting bid : 8,500 CHFHammer price : 14,000 CHF -
