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Lot# 576 - Auction 250-256

  • Lot# : 576 Rhodesia

    1896/97: Bradbury Wilkinson engraved Die Proof for the 1 s. value with the adopted central vignette and frame in blue and Duty Plates in violet struck on greenish paper (68 x 73 mm.), from the retouched Die with the Lion shaded and with dot behind right Springbok's tail; slight horizontal crease well away from the design. A rare and most attractive Proof.rnProvenance: Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London, 28-30 June 1978, lot 965.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF