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  • Lot# : 3258 Bermuda

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    1906: Dry Dock Issue, De La Rue Appendix sheet, with three Imperforate Colour Trials of the 1 d. value in grey & orange, brown & ultramarine and pale blue & chocolate, annotated "2d.", "2½d." and "4d." respectively alongside in manuscript and signed off for approval "Appd. WHM 12.4.06" by Sir William Mercer. Dated "6th April 1906" at top. Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 2283. A unique and splendid sheet.rnProvenance: RL, Bermuda, 3 Dec 1976, ex lot 191; Collection 'Alford', Ivy Shreve & Mader, New York, 6-7 Nov 1991, lot 1676; Collection David Springbett, SG, London, June 1997, lot 70; Collection R.W. Dickgiesser, Cherrystone, New York, 26 Oct 1999, ex lot 67.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,200 CHF