Lot# 5258 - Auction 284 - 290
Auction 284 - 290
-> British West Africa – The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection (part I)
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Lot# : 5258 Niger Coast Protectorate
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Oil Rivers 1893: Waterlow Essay / Die Proof prior to 'Oil Rivers' being obliterated, 2½ d. carmine-lake imperforate on cream wove paper in sunken card (67 x 112 mm.), somewhat dusty with manuscript "Original Set / Cast" in pencil at top and reverse with manuscript "E.S.Frayne" in pencil. A rare and most appealing Proof.rnProvenance: Collection Colonel J.R. Danson, RL, London, 10 March 1971, ex lot 1766.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 2,000 CHF -
