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Lot# 2621 - Auction 265-273

  • Lot# : 2621 Jamaica

    1919/21: De La Rue Die Proof for the 5 s. value, 'Isle of Wood and Water', the completed design printed in blue-black & ultramarine (unissued thus) on medium wove smooth surfaced paper (33 x 44 mm.). Fresh and very fine, a similar much more trimmed example is illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 4335. Rare and most attractive.rnProvenance: Collection Surtees; Spink Shreves, New York, 28 Jan 2011, ex lot 1252.
    Starting bid : 1,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700.00 CHF