Lot 82
Straits Settlements 1910 appendix sheet with 4c colour trial

The Former Singapore Philatelic Museum | Part 2 | S24015
Auction: 22 August 2024 at 13:00 BST
£1,800
Description
1910 (22 July) part Appendix sheet (113 x 168mm) with manuscript heading ‘22nd July 1910 / Appendix’, affixed with two imperforate colour trials, respectively the 4c ‘Palms’ design in claret (as issued in 1911) and the ‘THOS. DE LA RUE & CO.’ Universal keyplate in dull and bright purple (as issued in 1910), the latter endorsed ‘Colour approvd for 21c WHM’ and dated ‘28/7/10’. A unique and important item.
Footnote
Ex DLR archives (Robson Lowe 23 Nov 1976, lot 1105 (cut down)) and illustrated in the 'The De La Rue Collection', vol VI, p.6115.

