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Lot# 2323 - Auction 265-273

  • Lot# : 2323 British Guyana

    1906 (June 8): Appendix sheet from the De La Rue record book, dated at top, and endorsed "Appendix A" with Colour Trials (9) imperforate with annotated values alongside for 1 c. (green), 2 c. (rose-carmine), 4 c. dull purple & brown, 5 c. (ultramarine), 6 c. (black & grey), 12 c. (lilac & orange), 24 c. (carmine & grey), 48 c. (purple & yellow-green) and 96 c. (ultramarine & red-brown); the sheet now divided in two halves between the 4 and 6 cent values; an exquisite group, illustrated in the "De la Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 2339. Unique.
    Starting bid : 3,500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,200.00 CHF