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Lot# 8395 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 8395 Gilbert and Ellice Islands

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    1911: De La Rue Essay for the proposed high values to the 1911 Keyplate issue, an imperforate composite Essay for the £ 20 value in sunken thick card (89 x 114 mm.) with printed surround in red, "Overseas Dominions" and Duty Plate printed in green and overlaid onto the Colonial design, the spaces between the lettering hand-painted in Chinese white. Manuscript "4 Designs / Border & Head: Vermilion red - Lettering and Duty olive green" with three further colour suggestions below, dated "Oct 23. 11" at top right. A proposal not specifically for the Gilbert & Ellice Islands but for new high values designs for all British Colonial Keyplates - however, on Nov 16, 1911 the Crown Agents turned down the new proposal. Illustrated in the "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP., on page 2047. A stunningly beautiful Essay.rnrnProvenance: Spink, London, 13 Oct 2010, lot 235.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,800 CHF