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Lot# 6192 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 6192 Ceylon

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    1883 (Aug 28): 2 c. dull green, wmk. Crown CA, Trial Perforation 12 all round, the unused example, with slightest of soiling otherwise fine with part og. Probably emanating from a duplicate Appendix sheet produced by De La Rue and one of just four examples recorded (one is on the intact Appendix sheet, one in the collection of His Majesty King Charles III). A major Colonial rarity. Cert. RPSL (2004) Gi = £ 7'000.rnProvenance: Collection Arthur Hind, Harmers, London, 28-30 May 1934, lot 71; Collection Louise Boyd Dale & Alfred  Harmers, New York, Harmers, New York, 16 Feb 1969, lot 906; Collection William Frazer, Spink, London, Oct 2003; Collection D.J. Norris, Spink, London, 12 July 2006; Collection A.C. Edwards, Spink, London, 15 April 2010, lot 250.
    Starting bid : 3,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 12,000.00 CHF