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Lot# 6159 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 6159 Ceylon

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    Recess by De La Rue on handmade paper 1867/70: 8 d. chocolate and 8 d. lake-brown, wmk. Crown CC type 6, perf. 12½, unused horizontal pairs of each, both of fresh colour, the 8 d. chocolate with interesting "hair on plate" coloured flaw above "ON" of CEYLON, the 8 d,. lake-brown similarly fine but with a couple of blunted perfs. on second stamp, each with large part og. Gi = £ 540+.rnProvenance: Collection Alexander Reid, Spink, London, 11 March 2010, lot 119.
    Starting bid : 200.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 360.00 CHF