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Lot# 5175 - Auction 284 - 290

  • Lot# : 5175 Lagos

    1886/87: De La Rue Colour Trial for the proposed 2 s. 6 d. value: ½ d. value (unissued) in yellow-green & carmine, on gummed unwatermarked wove paper, line perf. 14. The describer believes this stamp was taken from a similar Appendix sheet as dated Augsut 28, 1886, illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 4514. Rare and most unusual.rnProvenance: Collection Colonel J.R. Danson, RL, London, 10 March 1971, ex lot 1535.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF