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Lot# 8101 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 8101 Brit. Salomoninseln

    1908 (June 1): De La Rue Appendix sheet, unfortunately cut down for display by a previous owner, from De La Rue requisition number 23/08 showing the seven original values all in issued colours but with blank Duty Plates, and manuscript annotation of the values alongside in ink.rnIllustrated in the original form prior to vandalisation in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 2407. Unique and splendid.rnrnProvenance: Collection M. Strutt.rn                   RL, London, 18 June 1985, lot 60.rn                   Spink, Melbourne, 28 March 1999, lot 1810.rn                  
    Starting bid : 3,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,000 CHF