Lot 2
Rhodesia 1910-13 ½d composite die proof in black

The Dr. Arnold Brickman Collection of Rhodesia Double Heads | S24018
Auction: 10 December 2024 at 10:30 GMT
£2,760
Description
1910-13 ½d, composite die proof in black on wove with die number ‘4511’ at upper left, blue crayon cross at centre, printer's reference number erased at upper right (just affecting the design). From the printer's working day book (the so-called ‘dirty’ proofs) and unique thus.
Footnote
The printers prepared two sets of master die proofs. One set, the 'clean' proofs, were kept in the firm's offices. The second set, the 'dirty' proofs, were in the printer's working day book.

