Lot 228
Southern Rhodesia Revenue Composite Essay

Revenue & Telegraph Stamps of the World | 5954
Auction: 21 November 2023 at 09:30 GMT
£1,440
Description
1929 (28 May) De La Rue Composite Photographic tender essay, the central bromide a portrait of KGV facing right wearing the Tudor crown, with frame hand painted in purple and Chinese white, the frame tablet reading ‘REVENUE’ and denominated 3s, applied to stout cream card (100x105mm) dated ‘28th MAY 1929’ at lower left, marked ‘DUPLICATE’ at upper right. Minor blemishes at foot of bromide (well clear of design), which don't detract overall, an exquisitely detailed and beautiful record of this unsuccessful proposal, the Contract eventually being awarded to Bradbury Wilkinson for what became the 1931 revenue issue.

