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Lot# 6207 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 6207 Ceylon

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    1886 (Feb 22): De La Rue Appendix sheet headed "Ceylon Postage Stamps, proposed scheme for the three duties to be printed from the Key Plate", with Imperforate Colour Trials (3) without value tablets: 15 c. in sage-green (accepted), 25 c. in magenta witrh pencil "use the brown" alongside (yellow-brown was utilised), and 28 c. in pale chalky blue with manuscript "use the blue-black" (slate was utilised). Not illustrated in the De La Rue Collection. Charming and of great scarcity. rnProvenance: De La Rue archives, Robson Lowe, June 1976; Collection Henry Fotheringham, 2003; Collection D.J. Norris, Spink, London, 11-13 July 2006. lot 115.
    Starting bid : 2,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,800.00 CHF