Lot# 3719 - Auction 284 - 290
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Lot# : 3719 Jamaica
1919/21: De La Rue Die Proof for the 3 s. value, 'RSir Charles Metcalfe', the completed design printed in red-brown & black (unissued thus) on thin wove toned paper (38 x 44 mm.). Noted as a register only Proof and a similar example is illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 4330. Unobtrusive horizontal crease at base but rare and most attractive.rnProvenance: Collection Surtees; Spink Shreves, New York, 28 Jan 2011, ex lot 1247.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 750 CHF