Lot# 20324 - Auction 298-307
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Lot# : 20324 Tasmania
Postal Fiscals 1880: De La Rue piece from Appendix sheet, with perforated 1 d. Colour Trials (4) with three in lilac with Duty Plates in black, blue and carmine respectively, fourth examples in dull green with Duty Plate in black, colours as selected for 1 d., 3 d., 6 d. and 1 s. values and signed off in red ink at left. Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 6292. Rare and very fine, unique.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe, Melbourne, 5 Aug 1976, lot 144; Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 13-15 July 2004, lot 1143.Starting bid : 2,500 CHFHammer price : 2,500 CHF