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Lot# 8683 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 8683 Tonga

    1920/35: De La Rue Imperforate Plate Proof for the Queen Salote 5 d. black & orange-vermilion, a block of six (3 x 2), engraved on ungummed watermarked Turtles paper, with handstamped date "28 Dec 1920" in blue on sheet margin at right. Some wrinkles but extremely rare, illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 6344. 
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF