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Lot# 10215 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 10215 South Australia

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    1885: De La Rue Essay for the proposed 6 d. value, unadopted design, hand-painted in pale mauve & mauve on card (28 x 32 mm.) with lettering at top, SOUTH AUSTRALIA and Duty Plate picked out in Chinese white, dated "1 JULY 85" in manuscript at top. This is the proposal example not retained in the De La Rue archives - see "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP page 6041. Beautiful and very rare.rnrnrn 
    Starting bid : 1,500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500.00 CHF