tradition and experience in classic philately since 1919

Lot# 10214 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 10214 South Australia

    1885: De La Rue Essay for the proposed 3 d. value, unadopted design, hand-painted in pale green & green on card (38 x 31 mm.) with lettering at top, SOUTH AUSTRALIA and Duty Plate picked out in Chinese white, dated "1 JULY 85" in manuscript at top. Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 6041. Beautiful and very rare.rnProvenance: RL, Melbourne, 5 Aug 1976, lot 64; Collection "Besançon", Corinphila sale 221, Zurich, 23 Nov 2017, lot 6271.
    Starting bid : 1,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000.00 CHF