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  • Lot# : 5045 Sansibar

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    1935/36: De La Rue archive sheet for the colour changes, Imperforate Proofs (8) showing the 5 c. green, 10 c. black, 15 c. carmine-red, 25 c. purple on yellow, 30 c. ultramarine, 40 c. sepia and 50 c. claret all ticked as accepted and the 20 c. in bright red-orange with cross and unaccepted; with manuscript notation "19 Oct 1935. All approved on 21 October except 20 c.. Colour of the 5, 40 and 50 c. to be fully maintained". Illustrated in "The De La Rue Collection" edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 6672. Unique and superb.rnrnProvenance: Christies, London, 12 June 1991, lot 702.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF