Lot 271
1891 De La Rue artist's essays (four),...
The Taprobana Collection of Ceylon Telegraphs | 5921
Auction: 6 October 2020 at 01:00 BST
£4,500
Description
1891 De La Rue artist's essays (four), each stamp-sized and executed on tracing paper, affixed at top to non-contemporary white card. TWENTY CENTS in sage-green and light sage-green, FORTY CENTS in dark and light red-brown, SIXTY CENTS in deep blue and blue, and EIGHTY CENTS in dark and light lilac. Each with some lettering in Chinese white, the Queen's heads and simulated perforations in pencil, each dated JULY 29/91 in ink at top right. A unique and important group
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